Women Sewing

c. 1912

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    glue on paper on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 179.9 x 95.9 cm (70 13/16 x 37 3/4 in.)
    framed: 194.3 x 109.5 x 5.7 cm (76 1/2 x 43 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.43

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Auguste Pellerin [1852-1929], Paris.[1] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); sold June 1964 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[2] gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] This painting was not included in the 1926 sale of part of Pellerin's collection. At his death in 1929 his collection was inherited by his children Jean-Victor Pellerin and Mme Réne Lecomte. This painting was not included in a 1956 sale from the Pellerin collection.
[2] Provenance according to Mellon collection records in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 190, repro

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

2003

  • Edouard Vuillard, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003-2004, no. 273, repro., as Before the Door.

Bibliography

2003

  • Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 2:no. VIII-395, repro., as In Front of the Door.

Inscriptions

lower right: E.Vuillard.

Wikidata ID

Q20191715

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