ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) Femme nue près de la cheminée
stamped with signature 'E Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
pastel on paper
24 7/8 x 19 in. (63.2 x 48.3 cm.)
Drawn circa 1922-1925
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) Femme nue près de la cheminée
stamped with signature 'E Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
pastel on paper
24 7/8 x 19 in. (63.2 x 48.3 cm.)
Drawn circa 1922-1925
Estate of the artist. Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paris (acquired from the above, 1940). Jacques Roussel, Paris (by descent from the above, 1944). M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (circa 1982). Hammer Galleries, New York. Acquired from the above by the late owner, by January 1983.
A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard: Le regard innombrable, Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, p. 1364, no. XI-124 (illustrated).
New York, Hammer Galleries, 19th and 20th Century European and American Paintings, summer 1982, p. 18 (illustrated; titled Nu dans un atelier). Newtown, Pennsylvania, The Newtown Showhouse Exhibition, October-November 1982.
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