Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Édouard Vuillard Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON
Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Programme de théâtre (recto); Etudes (verso)
Details
Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Programme de théâtre (recto); Etudes (verso)
stamped with initials 'E.V' (Lugt 909c; lower right)
gouache, watercolor, brush and India ink on paper (recto); watercolor, pastel and brush and India ink on paper (verso)
9 x 6 3/8 in. (23 x 16.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1891
Programme de théâtre (recto); Etudes (verso)
stamped with initials 'E.V' (Lugt 909c; lower right)
gouache, watercolor, brush and India ink on paper (recto); watercolor, pastel and brush and India ink on paper (verso)
9 x 6 3/8 in. (23 x 16.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1891
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Huguette Berès, Paris.
Charlotte M. Thornton, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1980 and taken without authorization, circa 1984).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 October 1992, lot 34.
William Kelly Simpson, Katonah (acquired at the above sale).
Charlotte M. Thornton, New York (returned through a settlement, circa 1997).
Shepherd Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, October 1999.
Huguette Berès, Paris.
Charlotte M. Thornton, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1980 and taken without authorization, circa 1984).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 October 1992, lot 34.
William Kelly Simpson, Katonah (acquired at the above sale).
Charlotte M. Thornton, New York (returned through a settlement, circa 1997).
Shepherd Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, October 1999.
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