Description:
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
Etude de Femmes. Stamped "E.V" l.r., identified on a label from JPL Fine Arts, London, affixed to the frame backing. Ink on paper, 10 3/16 x 12 1/2 in., framed. Condition: A small bit of soft pink pigment has been applied to the closed fingers of the hand at u.l., subtle handling creases, sheet affixed to the window mat with tape around the perimeter of the reverse so that both sides of the sheet are visible.
Provenance: The estate of Elaine Sargent.
N.B. This drawing was examined by the comité VUILLARD on May 9, 2017 using high resolution photographs, and the comité will include it in the supplement to the Vuillard catalogue raisonné with the notation "Opinion issued on photographs."
Estimate $700-900
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