Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940), Iris et pensées. Photo: Bonhams.

indistinctly signed and dated 'E Vuillard 1901' (lower right); oil on cardboard, 60 x 48cm (23 5/8 x 18 7/8in). Painted in 1901. Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 (€36,000 - 61,000)

PROVENANCE: Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 11 September 1905, no. 14486.
Maurice Fabre, Paris, 11 December 1905.
Lady Berwick, U.K.; Christie's, London, 2 July 1974, lot 70.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

EXHIBITED: Brussels, La Libre Esthétique, 1908, no. 216.

LITERATURE: A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard The Inexhaustible Glance Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, vol. II, Milan, 2003, no. VII-275 (illustrated p. 676).

Paul Cassirer (1871-1926) was an important German art dealer and editor who played a pivotal role in promoting the work of artists from the Berlin Secession, the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, in particular that of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.

Bonhams. IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART. 4 Feb 2014, London, New Bond Street - www.bonhams.com