La grande serviette

Details

Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
La grande serviette
stamped with signature 'E. Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower center)
oil on card
11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (23 x 27.9 cm.) (oval)
Painted circa 1891-1892

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London.
Private collection, London (acquired from the above, December 1957).
Private collection, London (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1995, lot 2.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, May 1996.

Literature

A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard, Le regard innombrable, Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. I, p. 148, no. II-128 (illustrated in color; with incorrect support).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Huguette Bères, Bernard, Roussel, Vuillard, May 1957, no. 72 (dated circa 1896).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., E. Vuillard, April-May 1969, no. 22 (illustrated; dated 1890).
St. Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade and Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Édouard Vuillard, La porte entrebâillée, July 2000-January 2001, pp. 84-85, no. 11 (illustrated in color, pl. 7).

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Lot Essay

Of the 135 works recorded in the 1888-1892 section of Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval's Vuillard catalogue critique volume II, only three works were painted in the oval format, including the present work. All three oval paintings depict women in various positions and settings (figs. 1 and 2), but the present work is the only oval which is intended to be viewed vertically.

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