Live Auction 3784Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lot 1068 PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF BERNADETTE J. BERGER

Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)

Portrait de Philippe Berthelot

Closed13 November 2015

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Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Portrait de Philippe Berthelot
stamped with initials 'E.V.' (Lugt 909c; lower right)
pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper laid down on canvas
13 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (33.2 x 25 cm.)
Drawn circa 1928

Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1996, lot 157.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement of the Edouard Vuillard catalogue critique currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.

The present lot relates to Vuillard's painting, Philippe Berthelot dans un bureau, 1928. Berthelot was a celebrated French diplomat who played an influential role in international relations during World War I. As Secretary General of the French Foreign Office and hence chief of its permanent staff, Berthelot was for many years the man who directed French foreign policy.