Child Wearing a Red Scarf

Provenance

Vuillard atelier; Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1]Exhibited with Molyneux collection in 1952. See also letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files. [2]Date of purchase of Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives, copy in NGA curatorial records.

Child Wearing a Red Scarf

Vuillard, Edouard

c. 1891

Accession Number

1970.17.90

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 29.2 × 17.5 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.) | overall (support and wooden collar): 30.2 × 18.4 cm (11 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.) | framed: 48.9 × 37.15 × 10.8 cm (19 1/4 × 14 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection