1982.100 Edouard Vuillard, Garden of La Muette a Passy


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This view of the Parisian suburb of Passy was one of seven vertically oriented cityscapes made by Edouard Vuillard in the early 1900s. A daringly pared-down composition, the shadowy, urban scene reprises Vuillard's earlier decorative project and first public success, Jardins publics (1894). Four of the Parisian street panels were exhibited in 1908 and purchased by French playwright Henri Bernstein. His appreciation for Vuillard's style is evidenced by Bernstein's 1909 commission for additional Parisian scenes to decorate his sumptuous apartment on the Boulevard Haussmann.

Drawn from
  • Belinda Thompson, "People in Rooms: Four Paintings by Edouard Vuillard," in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art, ed. Heather MacDonald (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013), 156, note 2.
  • Richard R. Brettell, "Vuillard, 'La Place Vintimille'," in Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne, eds. Olivier Meslay and William B. Jordan (Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 2014) 182-183.
  • Translation of Antoine Salomon's letter dated November 10, 1982, in the documentation from Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., copy in the Collections Records Object File.  

NOTES
entered exhibitions shown in TMS research document:
1974: “K.X. Roussel, Edouard Vuillard,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, March 20-April 26, 1974, no. 22 (La Muette)
1975: “Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel,” Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, September 26-November 30, 1975, no. 35 (La Muette)

General Description:
Drawn from
  • Belinda Thompson, "People in Rooms: Four Paintings by Edouard Vuillard," in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art, ed. Heather MacDonald (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013), 156, note 2.
  • Richard R. Brettell, "Vuillard, 'La Place Vintimille'," in Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne, eds. Olivier Meslay and William B. Jordan (Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 2014) 182-183.
  • Translation of Antoine Salomon's letter dated November 10, 1982, in the documentation from Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., copy in the Collections Records Object File.

Date changed to 1908 according to 2003 Catalogue raisonné and 1974 exhibition.

Added bibliographic entries.

Removed TMS tag because rule exists.

Provenance: 
c. 1906- d. 1940: Edouard Vuillard, Paris 
After d. 1940: Antoine Salomon [1] 
Before 1982: Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London
From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Margaret McDermott, Dallas, purchased form the above [2]
Notes: The primary source for this provenance was Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd. upon the sale of the painting to Mrs. Margaret McDermott.
[1] Salomon was an heir of Vuillard’s estate.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Depicted location: Passy (neighborhood): TGN: 1005317

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landscape
mute
cityscape
shadow
red
green
park
trees
foreground

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General Description
This view of the Parisian suburb of Passy was one of seven vertically oriented cityscapes made by Edouard Vuillard in the early 1900s. A daringly pared-down composition, the shadowy, urban scene reprises Vuillard's earlier decorative project and first public success, Jardins publics (1894). Four of the Parisian street panels were exhibited in 1908 and purchased by French playwright Henri Bernstein. His appreciation for Vuillard's style is evidenced by Bernstein's 1909 commission for additional Parisian scenes to decorate his sumptuous apartment on the Boulevard Haussmann.

Drawn from
  • Belinda Thompson, "People in Rooms: Four Paintings by Edouard Vuillard," in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art, ed. Heather MacDonald (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013), 156, note 2.
  • Richard R. Brettell, "Vuillard, 'La Place Vintimille'," in Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne, eds. Olivier Meslay and William B. Jordan (Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 2014) 182-183.
  • Translation of Antoine Salomon's letter dated November 10, 1982, in the documentation from Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., copy in the Collections Records Object File.  

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Notes
entered exhibitions shown in TMS research document:
1974: “K.X. Roussel, Edouard Vuillard,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, March 20-April 26, 1974, no. 22 (La Muette)
1975: “Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel,” Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, September 26-November 30, 1975, no. 35 (La Muette)

General Description:
Drawn from
  • Belinda Thompson, "People in Rooms: Four Paintings by Edouard Vuillard," in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art, ed. Heather MacDonald (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013), 156, note 2.
  • Richard R. Brettell, "Vuillard, 'La Place Vintimille'," in Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne, eds. Olivier Meslay and William B. Jordan (Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 2014) 182-183.
  • Translation of Antoine Salomon's letter dated November 10, 1982, in the documentation from Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., copy in the Collections Records Object File.

Date changed to 1908 according to 2003 Catalogue raisonné and 1974 exhibition.

Added bibliographic entries.

Removed TMS tag because rule exists.

Provenance: 
c. 1906- d. 1940: Edouard Vuillard, Paris 
After d. 1940: Antoine Salomon [1] 
Before 1982: Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London
From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Margaret McDermott, Dallas, purchased form the above [2]
Notes: The primary source for this provenance was Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd. upon the sale of the painting to Mrs. Margaret McDermott.
[1] Salomon was an heir of Vuillard’s estate.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Depicted location: Passy (neighborhood): TGN: 1005317

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
landscape
mute
cityscape
shadow
red
green
park
trees
foreground

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE


AUDIO ASSETS

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