EDOUARD VUILLARD. 1868-1940

213 IN THE GARDEN

Tempera on cardboard. 51 X 83 cm. Inv. No 3447 Signed lower right: E. Vuillard

The Pushkin Museum picture can be dated to 1894— 95, a period when Vuillard worked on the Gardens of Paris series, having painted nine decorative panels on this subject for the house of Alexandre Na-tanson in Paris.

Provenance: until 1918 The S. Shcherbatov Collection, Moscow; 1918—24 The Rumiantsev Museum, Moscow; 1924—25 The Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; 1925— 48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 52; 1968 Paris, Cat. 55

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 46; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 58; Reau 1929, No 1159; Cahiers d'Art 1950, p. 348; Musee de Moscou 1963, p. 194, ill.

213 IN THE GARDEN

214 ON THE SOFA (THE WHITE ROOM)

Oil on cardboard mounted on panel. 32 X 38 cm. Inv. No 3441

Signed lower left: E. Vuillard

Provenance: The Bernheim Jeune Collection, Paris; until 1918 The A. Liapunov Collection, Moscow; 1918— 25 The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; 1925—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 46; Золотое Руно 1908, p. 23, ill.; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 59; Reau 1929, No 1160; Cahiers d'Art 1950, p. 348; Sterling 1957, ill. 134

214 ON THE SOFA (THE WHITE ROOM)