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| Lucie Hessel, c. 1905 Édouard Vuillard French, 1868-1940 Oil on cardboard 16 x 18 in. (40.6 x 45.7 cm) Norton Simon Art Foundation M.1977.01.P © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Reproduction, including downloading of ARS works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York On view Having lived with his sister and his seamstress mother until his sixtieth year, Édouard Vuillard was profoundly interested in the textiles that were brought into his own home as well as the domestic spaces inhabited by women. Although he famously insisted, “I do not paint portraits. I paint people in their homes,” some of his most arresting images include visions of his inner circle posed through the familiar lens of portraiture. Lucie Hessel, wife of one of the artist’s dealers, reclines on her lush velvet sofa, with her artfully coiffed head resting on her hand, in a sumptuously appointed interior ornamented with gilt-framed pictures and a tower of lavish pillows. This close friend of Vuillard would participate in the artist’s life on a daily basis over the following forty years. View Provenance
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