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Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lot 382 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)

La grande serviette

Closed14 November 2017

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Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
La grande serviette
stamped with signature 'E. Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower center)
oil on card
11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (23 x 27.9 cm.) (oval)
Painted circa 1891-1892

Estate of the artist.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Private collection, London (acquired from the above, December 1957).
Private collection, London (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1995, lot 2.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, May 1996.

Specialist note

Of the 135 works recorded in the 1888-1892 section of Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval's Vuillard catalogue critique volume II, only three works were painted in the oval format, including the present work. All three oval paintings depict women in various positions and settings (figs. 1 and 2), but the present work is the only oval which is intended to be viewed vertically.