Lot Essay
The painting the young girl is looking at has been identified as Vuillard's portrait of Alfred Natanson and Marthe Mellot at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, The conversation of 1897-1899 (S.VI-74).
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Femme dans l'atelier
Details
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Femme dans l'atelier
signed 'E.Vuillard' (lower left)
oil on board
12¾ x 14 7/8 in. (32.4 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1915
Femme dans l'atelier
signed 'E.Vuillard' (lower left)
oil on board
12¾ x 14 7/8 in. (32.4 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1915
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris.
Bernheim de Villers, Paris, circa 1938.
Sam Salz, New York.
Bruce Kelham, San Francisco.
Galerie Salis, Salzburg.
Mrs Joanne Toor Cummings, by whom acquired from the above in February 1985; sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1988, lot 54.
JPL Fine Arts, London.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1996, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Bernheim de Villers, Paris, circa 1938.
Sam Salz, New York.
Bruce Kelham, San Francisco.
Galerie Salis, Salzburg.
Mrs Joanne Toor Cummings, by whom acquired from the above in February 1985; sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1988, lot 54.
JPL Fine Arts, London.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1996, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Salomon & G. Cogeval, Vuillard, Catalogue critique de peintures et pastels, vol. III, Paris, 2003, no. X-55 (illustrated p. 1207).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Oeuvres de Vuillard de 1890 à 1910, January - February 1938, no. 41.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, E.Vuillard, May - July 1938, no. 134 (illustrated p. 24).
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Edouard Vuillard, 1868-1940, November 1971, no. 446.
London, JPL Fine Arts, Private View, May - July 1989, no. 40.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, E.Vuillard, May - July 1938, no. 134 (illustrated p. 24).
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Edouard Vuillard, 1868-1940, November 1971, no. 446.
London, JPL Fine Arts, Private View, May - July 1989, no. 40.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium