Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-C

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 22.2 x 17.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

framed: 30.2 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (11 7/8 x 10 x 1 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1995.47.15

Artists / Makers

Edouard Vuillard (painter) French, 1868 - 1940

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: E Vuillard

Provenance

Estate of the artist [d. 1940]; his relatives, the Salomon family; sold through (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London) 28 November 1969 to Mr. Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, VA; gift 1995 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul
Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Arthur

Exhibition History

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no cat.

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, not in cat. (shown only in Washington).

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

2003: Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 1:no. I-80, repro.