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Femme lisant
Translated as: Woman Reading in the Reeds, St Jacut-de-la-mer
Draughtsman: Vuillard, Edouard
History note: Bernheim-Jeune, purchased direct from the artist, Oct. 1909 (letter in file); Lord Henry Bentinck, sold by his Trustees, Christie's, 6 December 1939, lot 62, bt. Lady Henry Bentinck (£107 2s), sold by order of her executors, Christie's, 19 April 1940, lot 111, bt. E.V. Harris (£189)
Given inmemory of his wife, Edith, 1967
Height: 445 mm
Width: 646 mm
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.
Method of acquisition: Given (1967) by Harris, Emanuel Vincent
Production date: AD 1909
Support composed of paper ( laid down on a stretcher)
Drawing (image-making) : Distemper on paper (laid down on a stretcher)
Accession number: PD.11-1967
Primary reference Number: 6819
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Femme lisant" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6819 Accessed: 2023-01-28 13:46:04
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Accession Number: M.3-1978
Accession Number: Keynes
Accession Number: P.5881-R
Accession Number: PD.33-1978
£30.00
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