3 - Édouard Vuillard

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940) Le Poulailler du Château des Clayes, 1939 glue-based distemper on paper laid to canvas stamped E. Vuillard (lower left); stamped again (lower right) 50 1/2 x 45 1/2 in. (128.3 x 115.6 cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. Framed: 58 x 52 x 2 in. The work is in overall very good condition, it was not examined out of the frame. There are a few small areas of surface loss, the largest approx. 1/8 in. There are scattered areas of craquelure, particularly in the sky and in the tree trunk. Under UV light, there is no apparent evidence of restoration, some pigments fluoresce. Additional images available upon request. Provenance: The Artist. Acquired directly from the above. Dr. & Mrs. Proper-Émile Weil, Paris. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Paris. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, sale of March 25, 1990, Lot 56. Drouot Montaigne, Paris, sale of November 26, 1993, Lot 24. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, Europe. Christie’s, London, sale of March 1, 2017, Lot 516. Acquired directly from the above sale. Sotheby's, New York, sale of July 16, 2025, lot 315. Acquired directly from the above sale by the present owner. Private Collection, New York, New York. Exhibited: Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1953, no. 59 (as Le potager des Clayes, 1938). Literature: Antoine Salomon, Guy Cogeval and Mathias Chivot, Vuillard: Le Regard Innombrable, Catalogue Critique des Peintures et Pastels, Skira / Wildenstein Institute, Milan and Paris, 2003, vol. III p. 1613, no. XII-355, illustrated.