Edouard VUILLARD The Parakeets - 1931 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas Signed lower right "E.Vuillard" (Lugt. L.2497a) 85.0 x 78.0 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Private collection, France To the present owners by descent Exhibitions : Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1946, n°37 reproduced Bibliography: A.Salomon, G.Cogeval, Vuillard, catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, tome III, Skira/Seuil Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 2003, n°XII-195, reproduced in colour p.1557 Looking towards the cage of blue and green birds, Madame Tristan Bernard seated frontally, wearing a red blouse. Lulu in profile in a white dress and, in the foreground, Madame Hessel in green tircote. (JS) Pastel on paper laid down on canvas; stamped with the signature lower right; 33 1/2 x 30 3/4 in. Edouard VUILLARD 85.0 x 78.0 cm Looking towards the cage of blue and green birds, Madame Tristan Bernard seated frontally, wearing a red blouse. Lulu in profile in a white dress and, in the foreground, Madame Hessel in green tircote. (JS) Pastel on paper laid down on canvas; stamped with the signature lower right; 33 1/2 x 30 3/4 in.