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)
Femme et enfants descendant l’escalier
Details
Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Femme et enfants descendant l’escalier
stamped with signature 'E Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
pen and India ink over pencil on paper
12 7/8 x 10 in. (32.8 x 25.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1890
Femme et enfants descendant l’escalier
stamped with signature 'E Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
pen and India ink over pencil on paper
12 7/8 x 10 in. (32.8 x 25.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1890
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paris (by descent from the above).
Jacques Roussel, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, December 1988.
Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paris (by descent from the above).
Jacques Roussel, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, December 1988.
Exhibited
New York, The Katonah Gallery, The Intimate Eye of Edouard Vuillard, May-August 1989, p. 27, no. 39 (illustrated).
London, Hayward Gallery, Vuillard, 1991, no. 25.
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vuillard, September 1991-March 1992, p. 36 (illustrated).
New York, Berry Hill Galleries, Inc., Edouard Vuillard, Silence Protects Me, January-March 2003.
London, Hayward Gallery, Vuillard, 1991, no. 25.
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vuillard, September 1991-March 1992, p. 36 (illustrated).
New York, Berry Hill Galleries, Inc., Edouard Vuillard, Silence Protects Me, January-March 2003.
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