The Cook

c. 1892/1893

Edouard Vuillard

Painter, French, 1868 - 1940

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.2 x 21.5 cm (10 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
    framed: 41.9 x 36.8 x 4.4 cm (16 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.140.33

On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jack Aghion, Paris, c. 1899;[1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 March 1918, no. 28); (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); purchased 20 June 1923 by (Druet, Paris); (sale, Hötel Drouot, Paris, 19 June 1934, no. 82); M. Rousseau, France; (Paul Rosenberg, New York);[2] purchased by Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York; bequest 2004 to NGA.
[1] Provenance as given by Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, 3 vols., Milan and Paris, 2003: 1:IV-22.
[2] On the reverse of the frame there is a label from Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.

Associated Names

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. IV-22, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: ev

Wikidata ID

Q20190301

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