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Edouard Vuillard

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • La famille à table (The Family at the Dinner Table)
  • Stamped E Vuillard in red (Lugt 2497a, lower left)
  • Glue distemper and oil on paperboard
  • 7 3/4 by 10 1/4 in.
  • 19.7 by 26 cm
  • Painted circa 1893.

Provenance

The estate of the artist
Galerie Berés, Paris
Sale: Sotheby’s, London, December 1, 1965, lot 33
Private collection, New York

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. I, Paris, 2003, no. IV-86, illustrated p. 274

Condition

The medium is glue distemper and oil on paperboard. The work is in good overall condition. There work is sparcely painted in plaes with the color of the untreated board showing through. There are some dents and impressions along the edges of the board. The upper right edge has a small portion that is uneven. Under UV: there are some brown pigments which appear to still be active. The work presents well.
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