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| Keywords: Édouard Vuillard, Mme Vuillard Sewing by the Window, rue Truffaut, ca. 1899.jpg Artwork en An artist of quiet interiors and mysterious solitary figures Edouard Vuillard lived and worked in the rooms on the rue Truffaut in Paris where his mother ran a corset business Painting the richly patterned decorative appointments of his mother's crowded rooms the artist often used her as his model In Mme Vuillard Sewing by the Window rue Truffaut she poses seated by a window its lingering sunlight interrupting the dim earthy palette of the family's dining room Madame Vuillard is barely perceptible under the yardage of opaque white fabric she patiently sews The artist plays with space and perspective with texture and patterning with the geometry and arabesques of his furnishings Hiding in Vuillard's many complex and decorative paintings a seamstress anonymously works her craft ~ 1899 Oil on cardboard laid down on panel per instructions of Charlotte Hale following pre-loan exam Nov 22 2011 19 1/2 x 20 3/4 in 49 5 x 52 7 cm Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art object history Acquired from the artist by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Paris April 27 1901; Georges Dusseuil Le Havre and Paris January 31 1902; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Paris May 6 1902; Gaston Bernheim de Villers Paris July 7 1908; Sam Salz New York; acquired from Sam Salz New York by Robert Lehman New York April 1952 exhibition history credit line Robert Lehman Collection 1975 Signature Signed lower left E Vuillard accession number 1975 1 225 PD-old-auto 1940 Paintings by Édouard Vuillard Images of Paris from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Rue Truffaut Paris Paintings of interiors of Paris buildings Paintings of people in Paris Windows in art Windows in Paris 1899 in Paris 1899 paintings French paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Seamstresses in art | ||||
