Interior with a Screen

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker


1868-1940

Title

Interior with a Screen

Date of Production

1909-1910 (circa)

Medium

Oil (peinture à l’essence) on paper, laid on cardboard and panel

Dimensions

Height: 35.8 cm (panel)
Width: 23.8 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1948.SC.481

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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Keywords

Label Text

Like many of Édouard Vuillard’s paintings, this intimate work is painted on paper, which is left bare in certain areas. It captures a model in a seemingly unposed moment in the artist’s Paris studio. Earlier interiors by Vuillard are often illuminated by lamplight but, here, he enjoys depicting the effects of natural light falling across the model’s bare arm and thigh. Folding screens were a favoured motif for Vuillard, and he produced three himself, although this one, painted in bright blocks of colour, is not readily identifiable as one of them.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom right & recto : : E. Vuillard

Provenance

Paul Gemetti, London; Leicester Galleries, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, July 1927; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
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The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
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Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

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