Women Sewing, c. 1912

Not on View

Medium

glue on paper on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.43

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: E.Vuillard.

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

Knoedler & Company, M.
Mellon, Paul
Pellerin, Auguste

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.