LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

7½ by 9½ in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1888.

Description:

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Markings:

signed E. Vuillard (upper right)

Condition:

The canvas is lined. Minor frame abrasion along all four corners, most notably along the lower edge. One 1 1/2 inch vertical accretion towards the center of the lower edge, beneath the apples. Under UV light: a layer of varnish obscures a closer reading, but no inpainting is apparent. This work is in good condition. Framed: 14¼ by 16 in. (36 by 40.6 cm.)

Literature:

Roger Marx, Vuillard et son temps, Paris, 1946, p. 45, mentioned Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, vol. I, 2003, no. I-29, p. 22, illustrated

Provenance:

Sam Salz, New York William S. Paley, United States Sotheby's New York, 2 October 1991, lot 30 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner