Woman at Her Toilette, c. 1891

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-C

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 22.5 x 20.9 cm (8 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

framed: 40.9 x 40.6 x 6.3 cm (16 1/8 x 16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.91

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

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Inscription

lower right with atelier stamp: E Vuillard

Provenance

Vuillard atelier; (Paul Pétridés, Paris), c. 1947.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]See letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Gogeval, in NGA curatorial records.

[2]According to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives, copy NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Atelier Vuillard
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Galerie Paul Pétridès
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

Exhibition History

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 44

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 73, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, no. 100, repro

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 372, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 94, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 431, repro.

2003: Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 1:no. IV-41, repro., as Madame Vuillard Washing.