Lot 191
  • 191

Édouard Vuillard

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • LE SALON DE COCO CHANEL
  • stamped E. Vuillard (lower right)

  • pastel and charcoal on paper
  • 90 by 49cm., 35 1/2 by 19 1/4 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre), London (acquired in 1968)
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1972

Exhibited

London, The Lefevre Gallery, XIXth & XXth Century French Paintings, 1968, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue
London, Thomas Agnews & Sons, From the Pre-Raphaelites to Picasso, 1969, no. 85

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, no. XI-205, illustrated in colour p. 1409

Condition

Executed on a laminated board of the period. The edges have been supported with japan paper and brown restorer's paper tape. There is a 4cm scratch and some surface loss in the upper right quarter , a 6cm. superficial surface loss in the centre top and a 3cm. There are indentation in the upper left quarter, two areas of slight damage to the extreme right edge, artist's pinholes on the right-hand side, and other small imperfections. Overall this work is in good condition.
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