Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

This painting was begun in 1920 at Vaucresson, a residential suburb west of Paris, where Vuillard’s friends Lucy and Josse (Jos) Hessel had recently purchased the house depicted in the background. Jos, a partner in the art firm of Bernheim-Jeune, had become Vuillard's dealer in 1912. His wife was one of Vuillard's great loves; their relationship spanned more than three decades, until the artist's death in 1940. The woman in a housedress standing at right is Lucy's cousin Marcelle Aron. Lucy kneels across from her, at left, camouflaged by one of the large rosebushes that serve as a decorative screen in the foreground.

This painting shows Vaucresson, a residential suburb west of Paris, where Vuillard’s friends Lucy and Josse (Jos) Hessel had recently purchased the house whose dining room is depicted. Jos, a partner in the art firm of Bernheim-Jeune, had become Vuillard's dealer in 1912. His wife was one of Vuillard's great loves; their relationship spanned more than three decades, until the artist's death in 1940.

De transformatie van Villa Besnus in Vaucresson, een ontwerp van Le Corbusier, van een strakke moderne doos in 1922 tot onopvallend hoekpand in 2010. Het kan verkeren.

Where were you that night ? à Vaucresson

Cloth 65 x 49 cm.

French vintage postcard

Windows view à Vaucresson