Louis Carré, Paris (acquired circa 1942)
Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva (acquired circa 1946)
Private Collection, Winterthur (acquired from the above on 26th November 1948)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Vuillard 1868-1940, 1942, no. 13 (titled as La Femme au canotier and dated as circa 1897)
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Édouard Vuillard, Alexander Müllegg, 1946, no. 8 (titled as Portrait de Madame Sert)
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Winterthurer Privat Besitz II. Werkes des 20 Jahrhunderts, 1949
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Vuillard. Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 1964, no. 139 (titled as Portrait de Mme Sert)

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. I, no. V-68, illustrated p. 413

The panel is cradled and sound. There is a layer of varnish preventing UV light from fully penetrating, but UV examination reveals some fluorescence in areas, notably to the signature, relating to previous varnish. There are tiny spots of paint loss to the white pigment of the hat and a tiny paint loss at the edge of the lady's collar. The colours are fresh and this work is in overall good condition.
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