Lot 473
  • 473

ÉDOUARD VUILLARD | Les Toits

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Les Toits
  • Stamped E. Vuillard (lower right)
  • Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
  • 24 3/8 by 18 7/8 in.
  • 62 by 48 cm
  • Executed in 1909.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris (acquired by 1950)
Sale: Salons du Trianon-Palace, Versailles, November 27, 1962, lot 17
Private Collection, Ohio (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 6, 2009, lot 145)
Private Collection, Florida (acquired at the above sale)                                                                             
Private Collection, New York
Wally Findlay Galleries International, Inc., New York & Palm Beach
Acquired from the above

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustable Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. II, Paris, 2003, no. VIII-299, illustrated p. 967

Condition

Executed on paper which has been laid down to canvas. The medium is bright and well preserved. There is a 2 inch area of repaired tears in the lower left corner, and a few additional tears along the lower edge. The work is in overall very good condition.
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