Live Auction 15978Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lot 177 EDOUARD VUILLARD: EXCEPTIONAL WORKS FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT

Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)

Lucy Hessel dormant sur un divan

Closed12 November 2018

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Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lucy Hessel dormant sur un divan
stamped with signature ‘E Vuillard’ (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
peinture à la colle on paper laid down on canvas
22 ½ x 22 5/8 in. (57 x 57.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1920

Estate of the artist.
Renou et Poyet, Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Sir Chester Beatty, Dublin (acquired from the above, November 1955); Estate sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1991, lot 12.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.

Specialist note

"I don't do portraits, I paint people in their homes." - Vuillard