Alexandre Natanson, Paris (sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16th May 1929, lot 115)
Jerome Stonborough, New York
Kraushaar, New York (acquired by 1939)
Paul Rosenberg, New York (acquired by 1941)
Mrs Millicent A. Rogers, New York (acquired by 1995)
Private Collection, New York
The Lefevre Gallery, London (acquired in 1995)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003

Brussels, La Libre esthétique, Salon jubilaire, 1908, no. 215
Chicago, Art Institute, Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Prints by Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard, 1938-39, no. 34
Washington D.C., Phillips Memorial Gallery, Vuillard, 1939, no. 17
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, 1941, no. 64, illustrated in the catalogue
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Important XIX & XX Century Works of Art, 1997, no. 22, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Antoine Salomon & Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Paris, 2003, vol. II, no. VII-268, illustrated in colour p. 673

Oil on board laid down on cradled panel. The board is stable and the panel is sound. UV examination reveals a few strokes of retouching to the background, most notably along the upper edge, in line with the leftmost flower, at the centre of the left and right edges and two spots towards the lower right corner. Some pigments fluoresce under UV light, notably in the flowers and the body of the vase. There are some very minor nicks with associated small spots of paint loss to the perimeter of the board, most notably along the upper edge and in the corners, not visible when framed and probably due to laying down process. There is some stable hair line craquelure to the thickest areas of white pigment of the statuette. There is a thin 1cm. long, stable line of craquelure below the stauette's hands, which appears to be lifting slightly. This work is in overall good condition.
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