
Edouard Vuillard
Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau
1901
Edouard Vuillard's portrait of Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau demonstrates his characteristic intimate approach to depicting bourgeois society, rendered in the muted, harmonious palette typical of his Nabis period work. Created using peinture à la colle, a distemper technique on cardboard mounted on panel, the painting captures the couple with psychological subtlety rather than formal grandeur. The soft, decorative quality of the medium and Vuillard's restrained color harmonies suggest the quiet domesticity and social refinement of the sitters, who were prominent figures in Parisian cultural life.
- Medium
- peinture à la colle on cardboard laid down on cradled panel
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Modernités
October 18, 2024
Estimate: $300,000 – $500,000
Lot 141
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