Vuillard-2012

5 Georges Bénard in Front of ‘Le Grand Teddy,’ 1931

Pastel on paper 24 3 ⁄ 4 × 18 7 ⁄ 8

inches ( 63 × 48 cm)

Stamped lower right

Le Grand Teddy was the name of a well-known Paris tea room which was the subject of a 1918 – 19 painting by Vuillard (Collection of Petit-Palais in Geneva). Vuillard chose to rework the painting in 1931 , and while it was still in his studio, made this lively pastel of the banker Georges. provenance Artist’s studio Amante, Paris Sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, June 17 , 1965 , lot 30 Sale, Hotel George V, Paris, June 12 , 1969 , lot 119 Sale, Hotel de Ventes, Versailles, France, December 2 , 1973 , lot 187 Oscar Ghez collection, Geneva Sale, Hotel des Ventes, Bourg-en-Bresse, France, December 3 , 1978 , lot 180 Private collection, Paris Neffe-Degandt Fine Art, London. exhi b i t ions Paris, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Pastels de Vuillard , December 1949 .

‘Le Grand Teddy’ Tea Room , 1918–19 , reworked 1930 . Distemper on oval canvas, 65 x 118 in. ( 165 x 300 cm). Signed lower right. Collection of the Petit Palais, Geneva, Oscar Ghez Foundation. Catalogue raisonné X- 225 .