Lot 398
  • 398

Édouard Vuillard

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Étude de nu
  • Stamped E Vuillard (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 13 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 34.9 by 26.7 cm

Provenance

The artist's studio
Sam Saltz, Inc., New York 
Private Collection, Paris (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1998, lot 168)
Acquired at the above sale 

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. II, Milan, 2003, no. VII-252, illustrated p. 665

Condition

Canvas is lined and edge are reinforced with tape. There is a spot of dirt near center left edge, well outside of the image area. Under UV light, old strokes of inpainitng are visible along the extreme bottom edge of the work. In addition there are hairlines strokes at upper left corner and center of right edge. All of these retouches are outside of the image area. Overall this work is in good condition.
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