LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on board mounted on cradled panel

Measurements:

23.50 in. (59.69 cm.) (height) by 31.25 in. (79.38 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed E Vuillard (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs,. E. Vuillard, 1938, no. 67. New York, David Findlay Galleries,. XIXth and XXth Century French Masters , 1957, no. 36

Literature:

Jean Messelet, "L'Exposition Vuillard au musée des arts décoratifs," in . Bulletin des Musées de France 10 , no. 4, Paris, May 1938, illustrated p. 67. Claude Roger-Marx,. Vuillard et son temps , Paris, 1946, mentioned p. 78 . Claude Roger-Marx, "Edouard Vuillard 1867-1940," in . Gazette des Beaux-Arts 29 , no. 952, June 1946, illustrated p. 366 . Claude Roger-Marx,. Vuillard , Paris, 1948, illustrated pl. 34 . Emilie Daniel,. Vuillard, l'espace de l'intimité , Paris, 1984, fig. 98, illustrated p. 261. Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval,. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. II, Paris, 2003, no. VII-269, illustrated p. 673

Provenance:

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on October 17, 1903). Albert Bernier, Paris (acquired from the above on October 11, 1904 and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 23, 1910, lot 57). Galerie E. Druet, Paris. Baron Napoléon Gourgaud, Paris (acquired . circa 1938). Jacques Dubourg, Paris. Jacques Lindon, Paris. David Findlay Galleries, New York (acquired . circa 1957). Private Collection, Texas (acquired in 1965). Private Collection, Texas (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 2006, lot 1). Acquired at the above sale