EDOUARD VUILLARD | Femme mettant son tablier

Alfred Vallotton, Paris
Paul Lausanne, Lausanne
Philippe Bemberg, Paris & Lausanne
Thence by descent to the present owner

Antoine Salomon et Guy Cocheval, Vuillard, Le Regard innombrable, Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 2003, no. II-89, illustrated p. 123

Oil on paper laid down on cardboard. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There is a small tear (approx. 4 cm long) to the model's right arm and a few smaller tears with associated flecks of paint loss predominately along the extreme edges and to the lower right and left corners. There are a few small areas of paint shrinkage notably to the upper left quadrant and to the lower left corner and some hairline lines of craquelure notably to the upper left quadrant. There are some minor small flattened creases to the model's left-hand arm. There is some slight frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in fairly good condition.
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