Lot 9

ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) ‘Les Deux Venus et le Guys’ (The two Venuses and the Constantin Guys Watercolour)

1919,
the mantlepiece of the rue de Calais, Paris,
with items including a small antique marble torso, a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo and a watercolour of a woman by Constantin Guys,
the overmantel mirror reflecting back towards the viewer, showing a small sculpture by Aristide Maillol, originally denoted to be 'Leda', but more closely resembling 'Méditerranée',
signed lower left,
distemper on paper laid on canvas,
46cm x 51cm

Measurements:	click here
Estimate:	£30,000 - £50,000
Hammer price:	£30,000

Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 21713. Les Deux Venus et le Guys). 11th October 1919, for 1,500 francs,
Matthew Justice, Thomas Justice & Sons. London, 5 Feb. 1920 (as part of a lot)
Robertson & Bruce, London
The Lefevre Galleries, London, 1944
The collection of Captain William Bankier Henderson (1903-1993), purchased in 1945
Private collection, Wiltshire

Exhibited: The Lefevre Galleries, London, 1945

Literature: 'Vuillard - The Inexhaustible Glance' Critical Catalogue of paintings and pastels
Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval with Mathias Chivo,
publ. Wildenstein Institute and Skira, 2003
volume III, page 1259, number X-173 (illustrated)

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