Édouard VUILLARD (Cuiseaux, 1868 - La Baule, 1940)

* Woman on a sofa (L'Attente), circa 1903. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel, signed lower left "E. Vuillard". 75.5 x 41 cm. Provenance: - Théodore Duret, Paris. - Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. - Vensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, Stockholm. - Carl Matthiessen, Stockholm. - Nore Lungren, Stockholm. - Collection Bonnier, Geneva. - Wildenstein & co. gallery, New York. Bibliography : - I. De Hoor, Nägra franska malningar i Carl Matthiessens samling, Konstrevy, 1928, p. 8. - I. De Hoor, "La collection Matthiessen à Stockholm", L'Amour de l'art, vol. 11, 1930, p. 412, repr. - Architectural Digest, May-June 1976, p. 64, repr. in color. - Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard: Le Regard innombrable, critical catalog of paintings and pastels, vol. II, Milan, 2003, no. VII-201, p. 644, repr. in color. Exhibitions: - Stockholm, Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, Uställning ung svensk Konst, 1938. - Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Frankrike genom konstnärsögon, 1941. - Stockholm, Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, Fransk Konst ur privata samlingar i Stockholm, 1951, no. 74. - Stockholm, Liljevachs Konsthall, Cezanne till Picasso, fransk konst i svensk ägo, 1954, no. 395, repr.. - Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Fem sekler fransk konst, 1958, no. 173 . - Tokyo, Fujikawa Galleries, Bonnard, Vuillard, K. X. Roussel, 1974, no. 22, repr. . - Osaka, Fujikawa Galleries - Fukoko, Fujikawa Galleries, Masterpieces from 1850 to 1950, 1977, no. 14, repr. Roslyn (New York), Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collects, The Figure and Landscapes, 1990. - Roslyn (New York), Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque, 1995.