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Edouard Vuillard

The Visit, 1931

Not on View

Medium

mixed media on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.230

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

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Inscription

lower right: E. Vuillard

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

Dale, Chester

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: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 139.

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.

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.