Woman at Her Toilette
c. 1891
Artist, French, 1868 - 1940
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on cardboard
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1970.17.91
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
lower right with atelier stamp: E Vuillard
Wikidata ID
Q20190276