Edouard Vuillard
Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard)

Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard)

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Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard)
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard)
Date1914
PlaceFrance
MediumDistemper on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 71 3/8 × 61 5/8 in. (181.3 × 156.5 cm)
Frame: 80 3/4 × 71 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (205.1 × 181.3 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice C. Simkins in memory of Alice N. Hanszen
Object number95.222
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
227 Beck Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Mme. Marcelle Aron (Mme. Tristan Bernard), Paris; Edouard Jonas, after 1950; [E. J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam and London, 1955]; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, May 22, 1959]; sold to [George Huntington Hartford II, New York, July 23, 1960]; [Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 10, 1971, lot 34]; purchased by Alice N. Hanszen, Houston, through [Acquavella Galleries, New York]; by bequest to Alice C. Simkins, San Antonio; given to MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition History"Edouard Vuillard," Palais du Louvre, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1938.

"Maitres Francais du XIXème Siéclesz," Van Wisselingh Gallery, Amsterdam, 1955.

Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, May–July 1988.

"Five Hundred Years of French Art," San Antonio Museum of Art, April 7–August 20, 1995.

"Edouard Vuillard," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 19–April 20, 2003; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, May 15–August 24, 2003; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, September 23, 2003–January 4, 2004; Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 31–April 18, 2004.

"Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940," The Jewish Museum, New York, May 4–September 23, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On a sticker, lower left verso: "San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78215 (210) 978-8100 Exhibit: "Five Hundred Years of French Art" April 7 - August 20, 1995 Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) Miss Tristan Bernard (MIIE, Tristan Bernard), 1914 oil on canvas (peiture a la colle), signed and dated lower left, (71 in x 61 1/2 in)".
Signed in black paint, lower left: "E. Vuillard 1914".

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