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Édouard Vuillard invites us inside his room with the Hessel family, at the Château des Clayes. He is happy there and everything in this work expresses that happiness.
The room is full of light. The walls and the floor are treated with pastel yellow while a small touch of blue highlights the silky aspect of the cushion of the chair placed in front of his desk.

On the fireplace, in front of the mirror, a vase welcoming a bouquet of red flowers finishes brightening up the place.

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This work is preparatory to the eponymous painting preserved at the Art Institute of Chicago to be produced in the Artist's Catalogue Raisonné (vol. III, chap. 12, no. 255, no. 255, p. 1579).

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Edouard Vuillard invites us inside his bedroom at the Chateau des Clayes, the Hessels' home. He is happy and everything in this work conveys that feeling.
The room is flooded with light. The floor and walls are treated with yellow pastel and a little touch of blue indicates the silky cushion of the chair in front of his desk.

A bouquet of redflowers in a vase, on the fireplace, in front of the mirror, as a final note, brightens up the place.

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Preparatory work for the painting of the same name, held at the Art Institute in Chicago and published in the artist's Catalogue Raisoné (vol. III, ch. 12, # 255, p. 1579).

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