Femme lisant, 1895
Painting35 x 32 cm
13 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches
PROVENANCE
The artist’s estate
Castellucho, Paris
Arthur Goldschmidt, Paris
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above 26 February 1951)
Mrs John Barry Ryan, New York & London (acquired from the above 25 April 1951), and thence by descent
Private Collection
EXHIBITED
‘The Nabi Shock’, Waddington Custot, Paris, 9 April–6 June 2026; touring to Waddington Custot, London, 23 June–12 September 2026, catalogue p.186, p.185 (detail), p.187 (repro. in colour)
LITERATURE
Édouard Vuillard. Catalogue critique des peintres et pastels, volume I, Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Skira and Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 2003, no.IV–210, p.340 (repro. in colour)
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