The Visit

1931

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mixed media on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 99.6 x 136 cm (39 3/16 x 53 9/16 in.)
    framed: 120.7 x 156.2 cm (47 1/2 x 61 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.230

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

By gift c. 1931 from the artist to Léopold Marchand, Paris, husband of Micheline Posnafsky, the sitter on left; sold 1940/41 to Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris;[1] by whom sold 27 May 1959 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.[2]
[1]According to Bellier, picture was sold by Marchand immediately after his wife committed suicide, just before German occupation of Paris. [2]Letter dated 26 May 1959 from Jean-Claude Bellier also includes Roland Dreyfus, Paris, in the provenance. Date of acquisition by Mr. Dale according to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1938

  • Exposition E. Vuillard, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1938, no. 201

1948

  • Edouard Vuillard, Wildenstein, London, 1948, no. 57

1954

  • Roussel: Bonnard: Vuillard, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, London, 1954, no. 79 as Sous la lampe.

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1960, no. 72, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, 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. 325, repro., as In the Salon, Evening, rue de Naples (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 72, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 94, 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. 892, color repro.

1985

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

1997

  • Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 40-41, color repro.

2003

  • Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 3:no. XII-105, as Evening in the Drawing-Room, Rue de Naples.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. Vuillard

Wikidata ID

Q20192867

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