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Garden at Vaucresson

1920; reworked 1926, 1935, 1936
Not on view
This painting was begun in 1920 at Vaucresson, a residential suburb west of Paris, where Vuillard’s friends Lucy and Josse (Jos) Hessel had recently purchased the house depicted in the background. Jos, a partner in the art firm of Bernheim-Jeune, had become Vuillard's dealer in 1912. His wife was one of Vuillard's great loves; their relationship spanned more than three decades, until the artist's death in 1940. The woman in a housedress standing at right is Lucy's cousin Marcelle Aron. Lucy kneels across from her, at left, camouflaged by one of the large rosebushes that serve as a decorative screen in the foreground.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Garden at Vaucresson
  • Artist: Edouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868–1940 La Baule)
  • Date: 1920; reworked 1926, 1935, 1936
  • Medium: Distemper on canvas
  • Dimensions: 59 1/2 × 43 5/8 in. (151.1 × 110.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.183
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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