Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), Yvonne Printemps au fauteuil

Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Yvonne Printemps au fauteuil
signed and dated 'E. Vuillard 1921' (lower right)
peinture à la colle on canvas
51 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (129.9 x 96.9 cm.)
Painted in 1919-1921

Provenance
Sacha Guitry, Paris (acquired from the artist, by 1924).
Wildenstein Tokyo, Co., Ltd., Tokyo.
Private collection, Japan (acquired from the above, 1980).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1997, lot 159.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass

Literature
G. Bazin, "Vuillard" in L'Amour de l'art, no. 4, April 1933, p. 91 (illustrated, p. 93, fig. 107; titled Portrait d'Yvonne Printemps).
J. Salomon, Vuillard, Paris, 1945, p. 66.
C. Roger-Marx, Vuillard: His Life and Work, New York, 1946, p. 93.
J. Salomon, Vuillard, Paris, 1968, p. 26.
G. Cogeval, Vuillard: Le temps détourné, Paris, 1993, p. 139 (illustrated in color, p. 104; dated circa 1920).
A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard: Le regard innombrable, Catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. III, p. 1394, no. XI-185 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
Paris, Hôtel de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, Première exposition de collectionneurs au profit de la société des amis du luxembourg, March-April 1924, no. 91 (illustrated).
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Cinco siglos de arte frances, May-June 1977, p. 55, no. 69.
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, March-May 2015, p. 76, no. 37 (illustrated in color on a frontispiece; illustrated again in color, p. 77; dated 1921).