Edouard Vuillard
The Promenade

CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Promenade
Date1894
PlaceFrance
MediumDistemper on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 84 3/8 × 38 1/4 in. (214.3 × 97.2 cm)
Frame: 90 1/4 × 43 1/2 in. (229.2 × 110.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dale Owen
Object number53.9
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
221 Shell Oil Gallery
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ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Mr. Alexandre Natanson, Paris, 1893; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Natanson sale, 1929]; Georges Bénard, Paris, before 1933; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, "Vente G. B.," June 9, 1933, lot 89, ill.]; sold to Henri Blum, Paris; possibly [Galerie Brame, Paris]; [De Hauke and Co., Paris]; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, from 1953]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dale Owen, 1953; given to MFAH, 1953.
Exhibition History"Exposition E. Vuillard," Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, May–July, 1938.

"Work of Edouard Vuillard," The Cleveland Museum of Art, January 27–March 14, 1954.

"European Masters," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 10–November 17, 1957.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower right: "E. Vuillard 94"
Printed labels on verso:

"THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART / WORK OF EDOUARD VUILLARD / JANUARY 27 - MARCH 14, 1954"

"S. E. No 2672 / MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS / SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBITION / OF / EUROPEAN MASTERS"


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