Morphine Addict (1897): Art, History and Details

Morphine Addict (1897) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917); Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936); Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867–1939).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Eugène Grasset was best known for idealized and decorative images of women. This lithograph, however, focuses on a darker theme—morphine addiction. A young woman is shown at the height of withdrawal as she injects herself with the drug. The syringe was invented just a few decades prior, and its inclusion was meant to give the image a sense of modernity.

Object facts

• Title: Morphine Addict
• Date: 1897
• Creator attribution: Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917); Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936); Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867–1939)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Dimensions: Image: 41.3 x 31.2 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 x 42.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2018.31

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Johnson, Una E. Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977.

View the collection record

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