Lot 339
  • 339

Edouard Vuillard

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Suzanne Desprès
  • signed E. Vuillard and dedicated à Suzanne Desprès (lower right)

  • oil on board
  • 67.5 by 83.3cm., 26 1/2 by 32 3/4 in.

Provenance

Suzanne Desprès & Aurélien Lugné-Poe, Paris (acquired directly from the artist; sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Vente Lugné-Poe, 22nd June 1945, lot 99)
Fromanger, Paris
Acquired by the present owner circa 1960

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard: The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. II, no. VII-420, illustrated in colour p. 752

Condition

Executed on buff-coloured board laid down on cradled panel. There are some scattered fibres inherent to the support. There are some minor damages to the extreme edges of the board including a small split with associated lifting at the top left edge. There is a pinhead-sized hole with a dark associated stain a few inches above the figure's head. The board is slightly time-darkened. Overall this work is in good condition.
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