Lot Essay
Alfred Vallotton was the nephew of Vuillard's close friend the painter Félix Vallotton.
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Details
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
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signed and inscribed 'à Alfred Vallotton amicalement E Vuillard' (lower right)
pastel and black chalk on buff paper laid down on board
12 1/8 x 9¼ in. (30.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1922-1925
Nu assis devant la cheminée
signed and inscribed 'à Alfred Vallotton amicalement E Vuillard' (lower right)
pastel and black chalk on buff paper laid down on board
12 1/8 x 9¼ in. (30.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1922-1925
Provenance
Alfred Vallotton, Paris (gift from the artist).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 December 1957, lot 9.
Galerie Claude Levin, Paris (1958).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 10 April 1980, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1987, lot 145.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 171.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 December 1957, lot 9.
Galerie Claude Levin, Paris (1958).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 10 April 1980, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1987, lot 145.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 171.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard, Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, p. 1364, no. XI-125 (illustrated in color).