Vase of Flowers on a Mantelpiece, c. 1900

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-C

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 36.2 x 29.5 cm (14 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)

framed: 52.4 x 45.6 x 10.2 cm (20 5/8 x 17 15/16 x 4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.99

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right: E Vuillard

Provenance

Possibly Prince Antoine Bibesco [1878-1951], Paris, London, Leningrad and Strehaia, Romania. Acquired between 1952-1955 by Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]See letter from Molyneux to Bruce dated 30 July 1955 in Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records. See also letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files.

[2]Provenance according to NGA curatorial records and the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

Associated Names

Bibesco, Antoine, Prince
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

Exhibition History

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. 66, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 186, repro

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

1999: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 65, 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.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 374, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 110, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 583, no. 890, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 433, 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-274, repro., as The Fireplace.