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EDOUARD VUILLARD , CUISEAUX, 1868 - LA BAULE, 1940 Woman on a sofa (L'Attente) Oil on canvas mounted on panel 75.5 x 41 cm With her head tilted to one side and a melancholic air, this woman seated on a sofa is letting herself go to her thoughts. Everything in her bearing and dress, hat, coat and fur collar barely unzipped, suggests that she is visiting, waiting to be received. Occupying the centre of the canvas, all in length, she is represented in the centre of the room, in the second plan, as if observed from a point of view that accentuates this feeling of solitude, even of abandonment. Perfectly balanced, the frontal composition organises the planes in a succession of horizontals which gives the work stagnation and flatness, crushing perspective. The wall panelling and the edge of the table superimpose their parallel lines. The bas-relief and the Japanese print hanging in the background align their geometric planes, which are echoed by the table top in the foreground. The sofa, the only organic form, creates a break with its colour, bright red, and its size, occupying the entire width of the canvas. The artist's touch, more and more present as she approaches the foreground, contributes to creating this aspective effect, close to abstraction. Isolated in her world, the young woman seems to be sitting on a cloud, levitating. Vuillard, by asserting his touch, makes painting his true subject. Provenance: Theodore Duret, Paris ; galeire Bernheim Jeune, Paris ; Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, Stockholm ; Carl Matthiessen, Stockholm ; Nore Lungren, Stockholm ; collection Bonnier, Geneva ; Wildenstein & co., New-York ; Stockholm, Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, Uställning ung svensk Konst, 1938 ; Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, France through artists' eyes, 1941 ; Stockholm, Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet, French Art : from private collections in Stockholm, 1951, n°74 ; Stockholm, Liljevachs Konsthall, Cezanne to Picasso, French art in Swedish ownership, 1954, n°395, illustré ; Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Five centuries of French art, 1958, n°173 ; Tokyo, Wildenstein, Bonnard, Vuillard, K. X. Roussel, 1974, n°22 illustrated, Tokyo, Fujikawa Galleries; Osaka, Fujikawa Galleries; Fukoko, Fujikawa Galleries, Masterpieces from 1850 to 1950, 1977, n°14, illustrated; Roslyn, New-York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collects, The Figure and Landscapes, 1990; Roslyn, New-York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Epoque, 1995. Signature: Signed lower left 'E. Vuillard' Bibliography: I. De HOOR, Nägra franska malningar i Carl Matthiessens samling, Konstrevy, 1928, p. 8; I. De HOOR, La collection Matthiessen à Stockholm, L'Amour de l'art, vol. 11, 1930, p. 412, illustrated; Architectural Digest, May-June 1976, p. 64, illustrated in colour; Antoine SALOMON & Guy COGEVAL, Vuillard: Le Regard innombrable, critical catalogue of paintings and pastels, vol. II, Milan, 2003, No. VII-201, p. 644, illustrated in colour.