Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier Fontaine) in a Pink Shawl by Édouard Jean Vuillard
Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier Fontaine) in a Pink Shawl

Édouard Jean Vuillard · c. 1904-05

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Purchased from the artist by Bernheim-Jeune, Paris [stock no. 13494], 6 Jan. 1904, 700 francs. Adolphe Tavernier, Paris, 7 Jan. 1904, 850 francs. Tavernier sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 Apr. 1907, lot 58 (as La Dame à l’écharpe rose). Galerie Astre, 2,600 francs. Jules Chavasse, Paris. Chavasse sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 June 1922, lot 45. S. Sevadjian, Paris, 10,300 francs. Sevadjian sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2-3 June 1927, lot 43. Dru, Paris, 32,500 francs. De Hauke, New York. Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1928; on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1930; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Nagaoka, Japan, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, April 20-May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10-July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6-September 25, 1994.

Literature

Published references

  • “Le Cercle Artistique: Lerolle, Chausson, et Foutaine,” Debussy: La Musique et les Arts. Exh. cat. (Musée d’Orsay, 2012), fig. 30.
  • Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Vuillard: The Inexhaustible Glance Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira; Paris Wildenstein Institute, 2003), 688 no. VII-300 (color ill.).

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