Édouard Vuillard

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist in September 1908)
Georges Hasen (acquired from the above in July 1910)
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above in September 1910)
Édouard Vuillard, Paris (acquired from the above in October 1915)
Hallsborough Gallery, London
M. A. Hassid, London (acquired in 1960)
Sale: Christie's, London, 5th July 1974, lot 267
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Vuillard, 1908, no. 8
Düsseldorf, Städtischer Kunstpalast, Sonderbund Westdeutcher Künstler, 1910, no. 186
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Roussel, Bonnard, Vuillard, 1954, no. 66

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard: The Inexhaustible Glance. Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. II, no. VIII-240, illustrated p. 939

Executed on deep buff-coloured wove paper laid down on canvas. There are artist's pinholes to all four corners and to the centre of the top and bottom of the sheet. There is a join running vertically down the centre of the work, suggesting that the support comprises two sheets (visible in the catalogue illustration). Apart from some light scattered surface dirt and some staining to the edges, this work is in good condition. Colours: The catalogue illustration is much redder than the original work.
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