Self-Portrait, Aged 21
1889
Painter, French, 1868 - 1940


East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 22.2 x 17.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
framed: 30.2 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (11 7/8 x 10 x 1 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1995.47.15
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist [d. 1940]; his relatives, the Salomon family; sold through (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London) 28 November 1969 to Mr. Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, VA; gift 1995 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no cat.
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, not in cat. (shown only in Washington).
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 29.
Bibliography
2003
Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 1:no. I-80, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: E Vuillard
Wikidata ID
Q20190049