Grandmother Michaud Seen against the Light
Date
(1890)
Artist
Edouard Vuillard, French, b. Cuiseaux, 1868–1940
Provenance
The Artist, Paris, to late 1930s or 1940
The Artist's Sister, Marie Roussel, until 1948
Her son, Jacques Roussel, 1948-1952 or 1953
O'Hana Gallery, London, June 1953
Marion and Gustave Ring, Washington, DC, June 1953-1984
Estate of Marion and Gustave Ring, 1984-1987
Gift of the Marion L. Ring Estate, 1987
Exhibition History
KUNSTHALLE, Bern, Switzerland. 1946, p. 29.
PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS, Brussels. 1946, p. 51.
O'HANA GALLERY, London. "Coronation Exhibition," June-July 1953, no. 49, ill. p. 9, checklist, p. 12.
MUSEUM OF ART, Cleveland, Ohio. "Edouard Vuillard," 26 January-14 March 1954; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, 6 April-6 June 1954, catalogue by Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, p. 52, ill.
CORCORAN GALLERY, Washington, D.C. "Modern Paintings and Sculpture in Washington Collection," 30 April-24 May 1964, checklist, 109.
WILDENSTEIN AND COMPANY, New York. "Vuillard," 16 October-21 November 1964, no. 9, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Collection of Marion and Gustave Ring," 17 October 1985-12 January 1986, no. 50, ill.
VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, University of Alabama at Birmingham. "Fin-de-siecle Faces: Portraiture in the Age of Proust," 25 September-20 November 1988, fig. 26, p. 26, cat. no. 39, p. 48.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisition, 1986-1988," 15 March-14 May 1989, checklist, 83.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, Texas. "The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard," 17 November 1989-29 January 1990, no. 49, ill. p. 75. TOUR: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, D.C., 17 February-28 April; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brooklyn, New York, 17 May-30 July.
MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Lyon, France. "Edouard Vuillard," 19 September-19 November 1990, ill. p. 122 and 104 cat. no. 35, p. 215, colorplate on cover. TOUR: FUNDACIO CAIXA DE PENSIONES, Barcelona, Spain, 4 December 1990-1 February 1991; MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Nantes, France, 15 February-20 April.
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART (organizer). "Degas to Picasso: the Painter, the Sculptor, and the Camera," no. 402, ill. p. 261. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 1 October 1999-4 January 2000; DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, Texas, 1 February-7 May; MUSEO GUGGENHEIM BILBAO, Spain, 12 June-10 September.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Edouard Vuillard," 19 January-20 April 2003, p. 56-57, pl. 3 (titled "Grandmother Michaud In Silhouette"). TOUR: MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Montreal, 15 May-24 August; MUSEE D'ORSAY, 23 September-4 January 2004; ROYAL ACADEMY, London, 27 January-27 April 2004.
MUSEO THYSSEN BORNEMISZA, Madrid, Spain. "Shadows," 10 February 2009 - 17 May 2009.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART. "Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900," 1 July-19 September 2021, no. 18, color ill. p. 74. Tour: PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, 23 October-23 January 2022.
Published References
PRESTON, STUART. Edouard Vuillard (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971), no. 32, ill. p. 27.
CIAFFA, PATRICIA. "The Portraits of Edouard Vuillard," (Ph. D. diss., Columbia University, 1985), p. 168-169, fig. 59, p. 384
MOLOTSKY, IRVIN. "Hirshhorn Given 8 Major Works," New York Times (6 January 1988), p. C13.
UNSIGNED. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1987" Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 1430 (March 1988), no. 241, ill. p. 41.
EASTON, ELIZABETH WYNNE. "Edouard Vuillad's Interiors of the 1890's," vol. 1 (Ph. D. diss., Yale University, 1989), p. 73 and fig. 66, p. 195.
RICHARD, PAUL. "The Display of Daring," Washington Post (15 March 1989), pp. B1, B8-9.
KIMMELMAN, MICHAEL. "The Cryptic Interiors of Vuillard, Close, Ominous and Enigmatic," New York Times (27 February 1990), p. C13.
FORGIONE, NANCY ELLEN. "Edouard Vuillard in the 1890's: Intimism, Theater, and Decoration" (Ph. D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1992), fig. 42, p. 72.
COGEVAL, GUY. Vuillard: le temps detourne (Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1993), ill. p. 64.
SALOMON, ANTOINE AND COGEVAL, GUY. "Vuillard: The Inexhaustible Glance; Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels" (Skira for Wildenstein Institute, 2003), vol. I, no. II-2, p. 73-74 (as "Grandmother Michaud Seen Against the Hight).
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Marion L. Ring Estate, 1987
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
87.32
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
