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Edouard Vuillard

Child Wearing a Red Scarf, c. 1891

Not on View

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 29.2 × 17.5 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
overall (support and wooden collar): 30.2 × 18.4 cm (11 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

framed: 48.9 × 37.15 × 10.8 cm (19 1/4 × 14 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.90

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

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Inscription

upper right with atelier stamp: E Vuillard

Provenance

Vuillard atelier; Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Exhibited with Molyneux collection in 1952. See also letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files.

[2]Date of purchase of Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives, copy in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Atelier Vuillard
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

Exhibition History

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

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 43

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. 69, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 171, repro

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, NAtional Gallery of Art, 1978, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 71, repro.

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. 32, repro., as Girl Wearing an Orange Shawl.

2011: Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2011-2012, unnumbered catalogue entry (no 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.

2022: Enfances rêvées - Bonnard, les Nabis et l'enfance [Dreamed Childhood - Bonnard, The Nabis, and Childhood], Musée Bonnard, Le Cannet, 2022, unnumbered catalogue, no. 11, repro.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 370, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 92, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 583, no. 894, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 431, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 71, repro.

1991: Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 31, 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. V-62, repro., as Little Girl in an Orange Shawl.