Repast in a Garden

1898

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 54.3 x 53.1 cm (21 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
    framed: 80 x 78.7 x 8.8 cm (31 1/2 x 31 x 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.229

More About this Artwork

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lepoutre, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12 June 1929, no. 40, as En famille). Possibly Marcel Kapferer, Paris. Emile Bernheim, Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 June 1930, no. 49, as La collation dans la jardin); purchased by Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Renoir and His Tradition, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 24

1937

  • Exhibition of French Painting, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1937, no cat.

1938

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Prints by Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, Art Institute of Chicago, 1938-1939, no. 37

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 69, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 69, repro.

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 71, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 92, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 139.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 126, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 370, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 583, no. 893, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 430, repro.

2003

  • Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 2:no. VII-107, repro., as The Small Family.

Inscriptions

lower left: E Vuillard

Wikidata ID

Q20190622


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