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: 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
framed: 37.7 x 45.4 x 5.3 cm (14 13/16 x 17 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1970.17.94
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Prince Emmanuel Bibesco; Prince Antoine Bibesco [1878-1951], Paris, London, Leningrad and Strehaia, Romania.[1] Acquired between 1952-1955 by Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[3] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]See letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files. [2]See letter from Molyneux to Bruce dated 30 July 1955 in Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records.[3]Provenance according to NGA curatorial records and the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 47
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. 68, repro
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 180, repro
1989
The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Phillips Collection, Washington; The Brooklyn Museum, 1989-1990, no. 61, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 59.
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: 100, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 432, 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-64, repro., as Two Woman Drinking Hot Chocolate.
Wikidata ID
Q20190387