The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  c. 1908-1940

  Artist’s studio, by inheritance to Jacques Roussel

  Probably 1940-1949/1950

  Jacques Roussel [b. 1901], Paris

  Until 1950

  (César de Hauke, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

  1950-

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Roussel, Vuillard’s nephew, inherited a number of the works that were in the artist’s studio at the time of his death. Roussel was the lender of Café Wepler (“Restaurant Wepler”) to an exhibition at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1949.  While he is not identified in the catalogue by name, the Basel Kunsthalle confirmed that he was the lender, and indeed, he is named as the lender of several other Vuillards in the exhibition.  Roussel may have sold the painting directly to César de Hauke: de Hauke sold the painting to CMA just one year after this exhibition, and he and Roussel had a personal connection, as de Hauke sold a number of works by Roussel’s father, Ker-Xavier Roussel.  However, without confirmation of a sale between Roussel and de Hauke, any transaction that may have occurred is speculative at this point.
• Citations
  Salomon, Antoine, Guy Cogeval, and Mathias Chivot. Vuillard, the Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. Milan: Skira, 2003.

  Sören Schmeling, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Nov. 25, 2015, in CMA curatorial file.

  Vuillard, Édouard, and Charles Hug. Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), Charles Hug: 26. März-1. Mai 1949, Kunsthalle Basel. Basel. Kunsthalle. Catalogues. 1949-1950. [Basel]: [Die Kunsthalle], 1949.

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  Salomon, Antoine, Guy Cogeval, and Mathias Chivot. Vuillard, the Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. Milan: Skira, 2003.

  Offin, Charles Z. Pictures on Exhibit. New York, NY, Pictures Pub. Co. (January, 1951):46-47. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 46-47

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 182 archive.org

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 182 archive.org

  D'Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part Four; European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 221

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 225 archive.org

  Salomon, Antoine, Guy Cogeval, and Mathias Chivot. Vuillard, the Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. Milan, Italy: Skira, 2003. Reproduced: p. 542, fig. VII; Mentioned: p. 817

  Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: Picture Book No. 4 . [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952. archive.org

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Roussel, Vuillard’s nephew, inherited a number of the works that were in the artist’s studio at the time of his death. Roussel was the lender of Café Wepler (“Restaurant Wepler”) to an exhibition at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1949.  While he is not identified in the catalogue by name, the Basel Kunsthalle confirmed that he was the lender, and indeed, he is named as the lender of several other Vuillards in the exhibition.  Roussel may have sold the painting directly to César de Hauke: de Hauke sold the painting to CMA just one year after this exhibition, and he and Roussel had a personal connection, as de Hauke sold a number of works by Roussel’s father, Ker-Xavier Roussel.  However, without confirmation of a sale between Roussel and de Hauke, any transaction that may have occurred is speculative at this point.
• Exhibition History
  Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

  Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

  Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).

  Celebration. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (October 25, 1974-January 5, 1975).

  Retrospective Exhibition: Work of Edouard Vuillard. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (September 10-October 24, 1971).

  Vuillard. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (October 14-November 15, 1964).

  In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

  Work of Edouard Vuillard. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 27-March 14, 1954).

  Édouard Vuillard 1860-1940. Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (1949), no. 204, Restaurant Wepler, privatbesitz, Paris.

  Vuillard. Stockholm, Galerie d'Art Latin, Stockholm, Sweden (Autumn 1948), no. 12, Le Restaurant Wepler, 1922.

  Édouard Vuillard. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France (1912), no. 23 (according to Salomon).

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Roussel, Vuillard’s nephew, inherited a number of the works that were in the artist’s studio at the time of his death. Roussel was the lender of Café Wepler (“Restaurant Wepler”) to an exhibition at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1949.  While he is not identified in the catalogue by name, the Basel Kunsthalle confirmed that he was the lender, and indeed, he is named as the lender of several other Vuillards in the exhibition.  Roussel may have sold the painting directly to César de Hauke: de Hauke sold the painting to CMA just one year after this exhibition, and he and Roussel had a personal connection, as de Hauke sold a number of works by Roussel’s father, Ker-Xavier Roussel.  However, without confirmation of a sale between Roussel and de Hauke, any transaction that may have occurred is speculative at this point.
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  Provenance Footnotes

  1 Roussel, Vuillard’s nephew, inherited a number of the works that were in the artist’s studio at the time of his death. Roussel was the lender of Café Wepler (“Restaurant Wepler”) to an exhibition at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1949.  While he is not identified in the catalogue by name, the Basel Kunsthalle confirmed that he was the lender, and indeed, he is named as the lender of several other Vuillards in the exhibition.  Roussel may have sold the painting directly to César de Hauke: de Hauke sold the painting to CMA just one year after this exhibition, and he and Roussel had a personal connection, as de Hauke sold a number of works by Roussel’s father, Ker-Xavier Roussel.  However, without confirmation of a sale between Roussel and de Hauke, any transaction that may have occurred is speculative at this point.