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Lot Essay
Antoine Salomon has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
To the left is the painter Bonnard, seen in three-quarter profile, having tea with Misia Natanson, who is sensuously leaning back in a wicker chair. This drawing is a study for Vuillard's painting L'heure du Thé II of 1897-99, which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Salomon & Cogeval VI-83). Three similar versions of the subject are in private collections (Salomon & Cogeval VI-81,82 & 84).
(fig. 1) Edouard Vuillard, L'heure du thé II, 1897-99, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
To the left is the painter Bonnard, seen in three-quarter profile, having tea with Misia Natanson, who is sensuously leaning back in a wicker chair. This drawing is a study for Vuillard's painting L'heure du Thé II of 1897-99, which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Salomon & Cogeval VI-83). Three similar versions of the subject are in private collections (Salomon & Cogeval VI-81,82 & 84).
(fig. 1) Edouard Vuillard, L'heure du thé II, 1897-99, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.