Portrait of Madame Arthur Fontaine
Artist
Édouard Vuillard
(French, 1868-1940)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1925
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 50 x 37 in. (127 x 94 cm)
InscribedSigned.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.718
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting. A portrait of a woman sitting with her legs crossed and head in hand in an interior session. Label TextEdouard Vuillard French, 1868–1940 Portrait of Madame Arthur Fontaine, ca. 1925 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.718 Provenanceca. 1925, collection Arthur Fontaine, Paris; 1953, collection his son, Philippe Fontaine, Paris; 1953, art market, Stiebel, Paris; 1953, collection Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (from Stiebel); 1971, CMA, gift of WPC, Jr.Exhibition History"The Controversial Century, 1850-1950, Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Provincetown, MA, June 16 - Sept. 3, 1962; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Sept. 28 - Nov. 4, 1962. (Exh. cat. not paged). Published ReferencesCharles F. Comfort and William S.A. Dale, _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Mass., 1962.
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