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Édouard Vuillard — Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano
Édouard Vuillard

Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano

1904

A warm and intimate domestic scene painted in Vuillard's characteristic Post-Impressionist style, this work captures Madame Arthur Fontaine absorbed in playing the piano, enveloped by the richly patterned surfaces and soft, diffused light of a bourgeois interior. The figure is nearly absorbed into the decorative complexity of her surroundings, with furnishings, wallpaper, and fabrics merging in a tapestry-like harmony of muted yet luminous color. Executed in oil on board, the work exemplifies Vuillard's Nabi-influenced approach, transforming an everyday moment of music-making into a meditative and visually immersive composition.

Medium
oil on board mounted on cradled panel
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Painted in 1904.

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

May 15, 2020

Estimate: $120,000$180,000

Lot 65

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Édouard Vuillard, Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano, 1904

A warm and intimate domestic scene painted in Vuillard's characteristic Post-Impressionist style, this work captures Madame Arthur Fontaine absorbed in playing the piano, enveloped by the richly patterned surfaces and soft, diffused light of a bourgeois interior. The figure is nearly absorbed into the decorative complexity of her surroundings, with furnishings, wallpaper, and fabrics merging in a tapestry-like harmony of muted yet luminous color. Executed in oil on board, the work exemplifies Vuillard's Nabi-influenced approach, transforming an everyday moment of music-making into a meditative and visually immersive composition.

Medium
oil on board mounted on cradled panel
Dimensions
54.6 x 62.2 cm
Year
1904
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Interior Scene, Male Artist, Post-Impressionist, Quiet Mood, French Artist, Piano Subject, Intimist, Late 19th Century, Figure Painting, Warm Tones, Oil on Board

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Collected by

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Cleveland Museum of Art