ID 1306220
Lot 251 | EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
La fenêtre ouverte sur la nuit
stamped with signature 'E. Vuillard' (Lugt 2497a; lower right)
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 14 7/8 in. (50.2 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1930
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Galerie Renou & Colle, Paris, by 1950.
The Mayor Gallery, Ltd., London.
Sir & Lady Robert Adeane, London, by whom acquired from the above on 20 October 1950.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1972, lot 13.
William Weston Gallery, London; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1984, lot 28.
Galerie Bellier, Paris.
Fritz Grunebaum, Switzerland.
A Cancer Research Foundation, Massachusetts, a gift from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 180.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
A. Salomon & G. Cogeval, Vuillard, Le regard innombrable, catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, vol. III, Paris, 2003, no. XII-208, p. 1561 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
| Artist: | Édouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Édouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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