Woman Sitting by the Fireside

c. 1894

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Edouard Vuillard

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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.5 x 26.2 cm (8 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
    framed: 38.7 x 44.8 x 7.6 cm (15 1/4 x 17 5/8 x 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.96

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952. No provenance known prior to Molyneux, according to letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files. [2]Acquisition date of the Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1956

  • Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956

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. 75, repro

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 179, repro

1999

  • Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

  • Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 64, 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: 104, 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: 2:no. VII-187, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: E Vuillard

Wikidata ID

Q20190460

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