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EDOUARD VUILLARD | Anémones
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Edouard Vuillard
- Anémones
- signed E. Vuillard and dated 07 (lower right)
- peinture à la colle on board laid down on cradled panel
- 56.8 by 57.2cm., 22 3/8 by 22 1/2 in.
- Executed in 1907.
Provenance
Jos Hessel, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris
Raphaël Gérard, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Donald & Jean Stralem Collection, New York (acquired from the above on 22nd March 1949; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 8th May 1995, lot 44)
Private Collection, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner in 2018
Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris
Raphaël Gérard, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Donald & Jean Stralem Collection, New York (acquired from the above on 22nd March 1949; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 8th May 1995, lot 44)
Private Collection, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner in 2018
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1949, n.n.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art & New York, Museum of Modern Art, Edouard Vuillard, 1954, n.n.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1968, no. 235
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990 & 1991, n.n.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art & New York, Museum of Modern Art, Edouard Vuillard, 1954, n.n.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1968, no. 235
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990 & 1991, n.n.
Literature
Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Milan, 2003, vol. II, no. VII-498, illustrated in colour p. 788
Condition
The board is stable and inset into a cradled panel. Inspection under UV light reveals a thick varnish, preventing the light from fully penetrating, however there appears to be no signs of retouching. There is a horizontal indented line running across the composition,1cm parallel to the upper edge visible under raking light. There is a small indentation with associated craqueleur and in-painting to the right of the lower edge. This work is in overall good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'We perceive of nature only through our senses, which gives us images of forms and colours, sound [...] a form, a colour exists only in relation to another.' (Édouard Vuillard quoted in quoted in Belinda Thompson, Vuillard, Oxford, 1988, p. 12)