Lot Essay
"I don't do portraits, I paint people in their homes." - Vuillard
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EDOUARD VUILLARD: EXCEPTIONAL WORKS FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lucy Hessel dormant sur un divan
Details
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Lucy Hessel dormant sur un divan
stamped with signature ‘E Vuillard’ (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
peinture à la colle on paper laid down on canvas
22 ½ x 22 5/8 in. (57 x 57.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1920
Lucy Hessel dormant sur un divan
stamped with signature ‘E Vuillard’ (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
peinture à la colle on paper laid down on canvas
22 ½ x 22 5/8 in. (57 x 57.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1920
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Renou et Poyet, Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Sir Chester Beatty, Dublin (acquired from the above, November 1955); Estate sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1991, lot 12.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
Renou et Poyet, Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Sir Chester Beatty, Dublin (acquired from the above, November 1955); Estate sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1991, lot 12.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
Literature
A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard, Le regard innombrable: Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, p. 1345, no. XI-97 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Recent acquisitions X, November-December 1955, no. 23 (illustrated; dated 1934).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., E. Vuillard, April-May 1969, no. 3 (illustrated; dated circa 1910).
L'Annonciade, musée de Saint-Tropez and Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Edouard Vuillard: La porte entrebâillée, July 2000-January 2001, p. 124, no. 72 (illustrated in color, fig. 46; dated circa 1910).
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Edouard Vuillard: les tasses noires, Arbetein auf Papier, 1903-1928, May 2001-January 2002, p. 61, no. 6 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1910).
Le Cannet, Espace Bonnard, Jardins du Tivoli, Vuillard: Peintures, June-September 2006, p. 47, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 48).
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, Les belles endormies de Bonnard à Balthus, July-November 2014 (illustrated).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., E. Vuillard, April-May 1969, no. 3 (illustrated; dated circa 1910).
L'Annonciade, musée de Saint-Tropez and Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Edouard Vuillard: La porte entrebâillée, July 2000-January 2001, p. 124, no. 72 (illustrated in color, fig. 46; dated circa 1910).
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Edouard Vuillard: les tasses noires, Arbetein auf Papier, 1903-1928, May 2001-January 2002, p. 61, no. 6 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1910).
Le Cannet, Espace Bonnard, Jardins du Tivoli, Vuillard: Peintures, June-September 2006, p. 47, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 48).
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, Les belles endormies de Bonnard à Balthus, July-November 2014 (illustrated).
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