Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Édouard Vuillard
Félicia Mallet dans "L'Enfant Prodigue" or Pierrot aux dahlias
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Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Edouard Vuillard
1868 - 1940
Félicia Mallet dans "L'Enfant Prodigue" or Pierrot aux dahlias
stamped with the atelier stamp (lower right)
watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on paper
27.3 by 20.2 cm. 10 ¾ by 7 ⅞ in.
Framed: 47.4 by 41.5 cm. 18 ⅝ by 16 ½ in.
Executed circa 1890.
This work will be included in the supplement to the catalogue raisonné of paintings and pastels by Édouard Vuillard in preparation by Mathias Chivot.
JPL Replica Handbags s, London
Acquired in London circa 1980s by the family of the present owner
London, JPL Replica Handbags s, E. Vuillard, Drawings, Watercolours and Pastels, 1980, no. 7, illustrated
This work depicts Félicia Mallet in the role of Pierrot, in a pantomime called L'Enfant prodigue staged in Paris held between the years 1891-1892. Mallet was a French comedian, singer and pantomime actress. Vuillard also depicted the actress on the frontispiece of the play L'Enfant prodigue, and there is another ink drawing kept at the Musée D'Orsay, underlining the artist's early interest in theatre. Mallet is most identifiable by her large, wide eyes, fixing her gaze on us, the viewer.