ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (french, 1868?1940) "NU BLOND DANS UN FAUTEUIL...
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD
(french, 1868?1940)
"NU BLOND DANS UN FAUTEUIL CRAPAUD"
Stamped bottom right with initials 'E.V.' (Lugt, 909c), pastel on beige laid paper laid down to board.
Executed circa 1912.
sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 in. (43.8 x 30.5cm)
board: 20 5/8 x 15 1/16 in. (52.4 x 38.3cm)
provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France.
note:
The present work was authenticated on December 7, 2005 by Mr. Antoine Salomon.
Édouard Vuillard was a French Post-Impressionist painter who - along with Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis - was an influential member of the Nabis, a group of avant-garde painters working in Paris in the late 19th century. He is perhaps best known for his paintings of interior scenes, most often depicting women in domestic settings. Indeed, the prevalence of these scenes within his oeuvre has led many to label Vuillard as an "intimist." The present work, which dates from 1912, is an example of such intimate scenes. Portraying a nude woman lounging languidly in an ornamented armchair, this pastel is rendered in subdued tones and suggests a quiet moment of rest happened upon by both artist and viewer.
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ÉDOUARD VUILLARD
(french, 1868?1940)
"NU BLOND DANS UN FAUTEUIL CRAPAUD"
Stamped bottom right with initials 'E.V.' (Lugt, 909c), pastel on beige laid paper laid down to board.
Executed circa 1912.
sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 in. (43.8 x 30.5cm)
board: 20 5/8 x 15 1/16 in. (52.4 x 38.3cm)
provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France.
note:
The present work was authenticated on December 7, 2005 by Mr. Antoine Salomon.
Édouard Vuillard was a French Post-Impressionist painter who - along with Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis - was an influential member of the Nabis, a group of avant-garde painters working in Paris in the late 19th century. He is perhaps best known for his paintings of interior scenes, most often depicting women in domestic settings. Indeed, the prevalence of these scenes within his oeuvre has led many to label Vuillard as an "intimist." The present work, which dates from 1912, is an example of such intimate scenes. Portraying a nude woman lounging languidly in an ornamented armchair, this pastel is rendered in subdued tones and suggests a quiet moment of rest happened upon by both artist and viewer.
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