The Yellow Curtain

Provenance

Vuillard atelier; Vuillard family; possibly from whom acquired by Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1]See letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Cogeval, in NGA curatorial files. Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952. [2]Acquisition date of the Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

The Yellow Curtain

Vuillard, Edouard

c. 1893

Accession Number

1970.17.95

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 34.7 x 38.7 cm (13 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.) | framed: 52.7 x 58.4 x 7.3 cm (20 3/4 x 23 x 2 7/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection