Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)

Tasse et mandarine is the sixth work recorded in the catalogue raisonné of Vuillard's works. Of all the early still-lifes executed between 1887 and 1890, the present work is the only one in which Vuillard paints a curtain that drapes onto the table, introducing sunlight into the composition. With the addition of the curtain, Vuillard creates a more dynamic still-life as compared to his other recorded still-lifes, which display more traditional, static nature morte compositions.