Lot 6
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EDOUARD VUILLARD | Le petit salon, Madame Hessel à la table à ouvrage (étude)

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Le petit salon, Madame Hessel à la table à ouvrage (étude)
  • signed E. Vuillard (lower right)
  • peinture à la colle on paper laid down on canvas
  • 37,5 x 60,3 cm; 14 3/4  x 23 3/4  in.

Provenance

Marie-Blanche de Polignac, Comtesse Jean de Polignac (Jeanne Lanvin's daughter)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Peinture à la colle on paper laid down on canvas. There are pinholes at the upper and lower edges. Examination under UV light appears to show that there is no sign of retouching. There are some minor flecks of pigment loss visible to the sitter's hair. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by an Attestation of Inclusion from the Wildenstein Institute, and it will be included in the forthcoming Vuillard Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.