Bonnard Roussel Vuillard

42 . Edouard Vuillard

The Clearing in the Forest c. 1932 – 38 (La clairière )

Pastel on paper 24 3 ⁄ 8 x 16 1 ⁄ 2

inches ( 62 x 42 cm) Stamped with signature lower right

provenance Estate of the artist; Private collection; Sale, Palais Galliera. Paris, 29 November 1969 , lot 75 Kyra Gerard, Paris, 1974 ; JPL Fine Arts, London; Private collection, England.

exhibitions Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1949 ; JPL Fine Arts, London, 1988 , no. 15 .

literature A. Chastel, Vuillard 1868–1940 , Paris 1946 , p. 100 , illus.; Salomon and Cogeval, Vuillard, Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels , Skira, 2003 , Vol III, XII- 380 , p. 1621 .