Roses in a Glass Vase
Edouard Vuillard
(French, 1868–1940)
about 1919
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions37.2 x 47 cm (14 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright, by exchange, and Paintings Department Special Fund
Accession number41.107
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Vuillard’s late work continues in a more restrained and subtle vein to explore the emotional and formal possibilities of domestic settings and still-lifes that were central to his ground-breaking period as a member of the Nabis artistic brotherhood during the 1890s. Despite its delicate color scheme and charming subject matter, this painting of roses on a table is surprisingly disorienting. The unusual tilt of the table into the viewer’s space recalls the uneasy juxtapositions of Vuillard’s early work, derived in great part from his study of Japanese prints.
InscriptionsLower left: E. VuillardProvenanceBernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 15285). By 1929, Georges Bernheim, Paris [see note 1]; June 7, 1935, Bernheim sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, lot 88, sold for 28,500 francs to Édouard Jonas (b. 1883 - d. 1961), Paris, New York, and Wichita, KS; 1941, sold by Mr. Jonas to the MFA for $3200. (Accession Date: March 13, 1941)
NOTES:
[1] He lent this painting to the "Exposition d'oeuvres des 19e et 20e siècles" (Salle de la Renaissance, Paris, January 15-31, 1929), cat. no. 38.
NOTES:
[1] He lent this painting to the "Exposition d'oeuvres des 19e et 20e siècles" (Salle de la Renaissance, Paris, January 15-31, 1929), cat. no. 38.
