Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Grand-mère Michaud
stamped with initials 'E.V.' (Lugt 909c; lower right)
watercolor and brush and India ink on paper
8 ¼ x 10 in. (21 x 26 cm.)
Painted circa 1890-1891
Provenance
Estate of the artist. Jacques Salomon, Paris (by descent from the above). The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London (probably acquired from the above, 1957). Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, May 1958.
Exhibited
London, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), Paintings by XX Century French Masters, March 1958, p. 17, no. 16 (illustrated; titled La vieille femme). New York, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Van Gogh, Gauguin and Their Circle, November 1968.
This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement of the catalogue critique of paintings and drawings by Edouard Vuillard being prepared by the Archives Vuillard.