Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Vuillard catalogue raisonné being prepared by Antoine Salomon and Annette Leduc Beaulieu from the records and under the responsibility of Antoine Salomon.
Property of the
ROSE ART MUSEUM, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
Waltham, Massachusetts*
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940)
Details
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940)
Le chocolat
signed with initials lower right EV--oil on board laid down on cradled panel
12¼ x 14¼ in. (31.1 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted in 1892
Le chocolat
signed with initials lower right EV--oil on board laid down on cradled panel
12¼ x 14¼ in. (31.1 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted in 1892
Provenance
Prince Emmanuel Bibesco, Paris
Prince Antoine Bibesco, Paris
Mr. Edward Molyneux, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dreitzer, New York (gift to the Rose Art Museum, 1962)
Prince Antoine Bibesco, Paris
Mr. Edward Molyneux, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dreitzer, New York (gift to the Rose Art Museum, 1962)
Literature
Le Journal, Paris, Nov. 26, 1892
G. Geffroy, La vie artistique - 2e série, Paris, 1893, p. 382
A.C. Ritchie, Edouard Vuillard, New York, 1954, p. 101, no. 35, (illustrated p. 46 as The Breakfast)
"A Family Breakfast Portrait", The Christian Science Monitor,
May 9, 1973
ed. D.E. Young, "Treasures of New England", The Boston Globe Magazine, Sept. 12, 1976
G.L. Mauner, The Nabis: Their History and Their Art, 1888-1896, New York, 1978, pp. 100-104, fig. 9
G. Geffroy, La vie artistique - 2e série, Paris, 1893, p. 382
A.C. Ritchie, Edouard Vuillard, New York, 1954, p. 101, no. 35, (illustrated p. 46 as The Breakfast)
"A Family Breakfast Portrait", The Christian Science Monitor,
May 9, 1973
ed. D.E. Young, "Treasures of New England", The Boston Globe Magazine, Sept. 12, 1976
G.L. Mauner, The Nabis: Their History and Their Art, 1888-1896, New York, 1978, pp. 100-104, fig. 9
Exhibited
Paris, Chez Le Barc de Boutteville, Peintres Impressionistes et Symbolistes, November, 1892
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edouard Vuillard, Jan.-Mar., 1954, p. 101, no. 35, p. 42 (illustrated). This exhibition traveled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, April-June, 1954.
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Exchange Exhibition, Feb.-Mar., 1967, no. 5 (illustrated)
New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Selections from the Rose Art Museum, April, 1983
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard, Nov., 1989-Jan., 1990, p. 85 and 88, no. 60 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Feb.-April, 1990 and New York, The Brooklyn Museum, May-July, 1990
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edouard Vuillard, Jan.-Mar., 1954, p. 101, no. 35, p. 42 (illustrated). This exhibition traveled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, April-June, 1954.
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Exchange Exhibition, Feb.-Mar., 1967, no. 5 (illustrated)
New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Selections from the Rose Art Museum, April, 1983
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard, Nov., 1989-Jan., 1990, p. 85 and 88, no. 60 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Feb.-April, 1990 and New York, The Brooklyn Museum, May-July, 1990
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Important Notice at the front of this catalogue.