Lot 75
  • 75

Edouard Vuillard

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Personnages sous les arbres
  • signé EVuillard (en bas à droite)
  • pastel sur papier
  • 27,7 x 35 cm ; 11 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.

Provenance

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquis directement auprès de l'artiste le 3 janvier 1908)
Georges Bourgarel, Paris (acquis le 10 mai 1909)
Nathan, Zurich
Vente : Galerie Koller, Zurich, 20 mai 1977, lot 5147
Collection particulière, Zurich (acquis auprès du précédent lors de cette vente)
Par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1908, no. 217
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1909, no. 114

Literature

Antoine Salomon et Guy Cocheval, Vuillard. Le Regard innombrable. Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, vol. II, Paris, 2003, no. VIII-170, reproduit p. 908

Condition

Executed on brown wove paper, not laid down, taped to the overmount along all four edges. The sheet is slightly undulating. There is a minor crease (approx. 1.5 cm long) in the trees, at the upper left quadrant. There are some pinholes at the four corners, predominately at the lower left corner. There is a very minor repaired tear (approx. 0.5 cm) to the right part of the lower edge. The pigment is very slightly rubbed along the right edge. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'EVuillard' (lower right); pastel on paper. Executed in 1907.