Édouard Vuillard

Estate of the artist
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
O'Hana Gallery, London
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Captain Richard A. Peto, Isle of Wight
Sale: Christie's, London, 6th July 1971, lot 20
Spencer Samuels, New York
Sale: Christie's, London, 2nd December 1975, lot 178
Purchased at the above sale by the family of the present owner

London & travelling in the United Kingdom, The Arts Council of Great Britain, French Paintings. A Second Selection from Mr. Peto's Collection, 1951-52, no. 32
Plymouth, City Museum, French Impressionists and English Paintings and Sculpture from the Peto Collection, 1960, no. 90
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, E. Vuillard 1868-1940, 1969, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Femme à sa toilette)

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, no. X-209, illustrated in colour p. 1274

Executed on dark toned wove paper laid down on card. There is a flattened crease running vertically down the centre of the work and a few further minor creases to the paper with associated loss to the medium. All creases have been flattened as the paper was laid down. There is a 6cm. repaired tear to the upper left edge and two further 3cm. minor repaired tears to the centre of the lower edge, two 2 cm. repaired tears to the upper right corner, one with associated retouching, and a minor 1.5 cm. tear towards the centre of the upper edge. All tears are to the paper layer only and are visible in the catalogue illustration. Apart from some minor nicks to the extreme lower left edge and a line of light rubbing to the medium along the lower edge, both probably due to previous mounting, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate, although the green is much more vibrant and richer in the original.
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