Paysage Avec Arbres (Countryside with Trees), pastel on paper, 10 x 12 1/2 inches at sight. Signed with initials (E.V.) lower right. Vuillard's label verso. This pastel is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist, under the number VIII-207. It represents the field behind «Château Rouge », the villegiature residence that the Hessels rented during summers 1905 to 1907. Vuillard made a series of these rapid sketches of the surrounding of the house (from VIII-182 to VIII-224). It has been recorded that he spent "a lot of time" with Mrs. Hessel. They allow us to revise our judgment about Vuillard and the feeling of nature, as they all show how the painter can be instilled by landscapes, and outdoors in general. This pastel is exactly in this vein, a delicate foray in Vuillard's peregrinations across fields and woods. Monsieur Mathias Chivot kindly confirmed that this artwork is registered in the Archives Vuillard.