Femme Assise: Tasse de Café: PD.1-1994

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Femme Assise: Tasse de Café
Translated as: The artist's sister with a cup of coffee

Maker(s)

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: With Bernheim, Jeune & Fils, Paris, 1903; with Wildenstein, 1946; D.W. Tooth (by 1949) from whose estate, allocated

Measurements and weight

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 29.1 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1994) by H.M. Government

Dating

Production date: AD 1893

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of card
Frame Depth 8 cm Height 52.4 cm Width 45.5 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Distemper on card

Inscription or legends present

Text: EV
Location: Lower left
Type: Initials

Text: 93
Location: Lower left
Type: Date

Text: Bernheim, Jeune & Fils / 36 Ave de l' Opéra / et 8 Rue Lafitte Paris / 1903 / '; written in brown ink on the label the stock number: 13182 / Vuillard /Figure Assise / SADD
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: Anthology / Loan exhibition of French Pictures from Private Collections / June 1949. No. 13 / Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd / D.W. Tooth
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: 1659
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Black ink
Type: Number

Text: 13182
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Red ink
Type: Number

Text: 13182
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Blue chalk
Type: Number

Text: o4
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Stamp

Text: No. 1659 / "Femme Assise" / by / E. VUILLARD / Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd'
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: 'E. Vuillard / 22 April -17 May 1969 / Loan Exhibition in aid of Dorton House School for Blind Children, Sevenoaks / Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd / 31 Benton St. W.1'
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: [Fab]rique de Cadres et Encadre[ment] / 15 Rue du Delta / Passe Partout / C.H. Hério [t]
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: London, National Gallery / M.273 / Vuillard / Femme Assise, Tasse de Café / c/o Museums & Galleries Commission
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.1-1994
Primary reference Number: 3001
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 October 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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