Interior with a Man Reading (Primary Title)
Édouard Vuillard, French, 1868 - 1940 (Artist)
The bold patterns on the walls, sofa, and the man’s pajamas appear to dominate the other elements of this scene, such as the man reading in the foreground or the women sewing around the table in the background. By focusing on color and pattern, Vuillard makes the traditional subject of the bourgeois at the turn of the century seem strange and disconcerting.
Signed lower left: "E. Vuillard"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Vuillard The Inexhaustible Glance (Milan: Skira Editore S.p.A. in association with Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 2003) p. 997, color pl. VIII-374 [as The Pine Wainscoting].
French paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 1941-1966, March 17-May 1, 1966.
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