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Edouard Vuillard

The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898

Not on View

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 36.1 x 42.9 cm (14 3/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

framed: 59.4 x 66 x 5.7 cm (23 3/8 x 26 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.98

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (artist) French, 1868 - 1940

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Provenance

Sold by the artist 1903 to (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold 1904 to (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York, and Paris).[1] Isaac, comte de Camondo [1851-1911], Paris; Mme Bertrand Laporte, Paris;[2] sold 1958 (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 30 September 1959 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1] See letter dated 13 March 1978 from Antoine Salomon, in NGA curatorial files.

[2] According to a letter dated 14 December 1998 from Wildenstein's, Mme Laporte sold the painting on behalf of a friend to whom it had been given by Isaac Camondo.

Associated Names

Bernheim-Jeune
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Camondo, Isaac, comte de
Laporte, Bertrand, Mme
Rosenberg & Co., Paul P.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

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. 74, repro., as Vase of Flowers on Table with Books.

1964: Vuillard, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1964, no. 19, repro.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 176, repro

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, unnumbered catalogue, p. 108

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

1966: Young, Mahonri Sharp. "The Mellon Collections: The Great Years of French Painting." Apollo 83 (June 1966): 434, repro.

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: 108, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 583, no. 891, 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-261, repro., as Moss Roses on a Paint Box.