The Promenade

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Artist Edouard Vuillard(French, 1868–1940)French, 1868–1940

CultureFrench

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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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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

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.
Published References "A Permanent Legacy," introduction by Peter C. Marzio, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Hudson Hills Press, 1989. 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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