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Between 1900 and 1905, the artist Félix Vallotton presented Vuillard to Lucie and Jos Hessel, his future dealer.
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Throughout the summer of 1909, the couple stayed in Brittany by the sea, in Saint-Jacut, where they rented the villa “Les Écluses”. It is on this beach that Vuillard represents Lucie lying down here.

In the foreground, treated with black pencil, he draws her asleep. The sunlight piercing through the Breton sky is evoked by means of small touches of golden pastel, while in the distance a very strong blue line restores the reflections of the sea.
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It is between 1900 and 1905 that Vuillard meets Lucie and Jos Hessel who will become hisart dealer, through the artist Félix Vallotton.

During the summer of 1909, the couple resides in Brittany, in Saint-Jacut where the couple rented the villa 'Les Écluses'. It is on the beach that Vuillard depicts Lucie, lying down.

Hedraws her, in the foreground, with black pencil, while she is drowsing, bathing in the sunlight piercing through the Breton sky, treated with small touches of golden pastel, as in the distance, a deep blue line restores the reflections of the sea.

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