The Bakery (La patiserie)

1899

Ambroise Vollard

Associated Names
Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1866 - 1939

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Edouard Vuillard

Printer, French, 1868 - 1940

This is a painting of a café scene with tables and chairs under striped awnings. The image depicts an abstracted outdoor café or restaurant setting, where several tables are placed under wide striped awnings. The word "TISSERIE" is visible. The composition features bold colors like red, green, and yellow, against a more muted background. There is a play of abstract forms and colors that suggest chairs and possibly objects like vases or lamps on the tables. The style conveys a vibrant, lively setting typical of a café.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.3 × 27.2 cm (13 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.1 × 31.6 cm (15 13/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.287

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 41, State only

  • Series Title

    Paysages et interieurs: pl.10 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1950.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Vollard, Connoisseur, National Gallery of Art, 1950 – 1951.

1953

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

1954

  • Lithographs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954.

1955

  • Modern French Colored Lithographs from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1955.

1963

  • American Federation of Arts, 1963.

1970

  • Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth Century French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 42.

1972

  • A Selection of Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1972.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1977.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Pastry Shop.

Bibliography

1948

  • Roger-Marx, Claude. L'Oeuvre grave de Vuillard. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1948.

Inscriptions

lower left corner, below image, in graphite: 41

Wikidata ID

Q65222786

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