Lot 178
  • 178

Édouard Vuillard

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Lucy Hessel et Lulu, rue de Naples ('Les Images')
  • pastel on paper laid down on canvas
  • 53 by 56cm., 20 7/8 by 22in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Galerie Renou, Paris
Galerie Motte, Geneva
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners in 1965

Literature

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, no. XII-56, illustrated p. 1481 

Condition

Executed on buff-coloured paper, not laid down, attached to a canvas mount. There are two visible artist's pinholes to the upper left and lower right corners. There is a 1.5cm. repaired tear to the right of the lower edge and a 1cm. tear, with a small associated paper loss, to the centre of the bottom edge. Apart from a 1cm. repaired tear to the upper left corner and a 0.5cm. repaired tear to the left of the upper edge, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall the colours are slightly stronger in the original.
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