LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.10 in. (91.70 cm.) (height) by 48.23 in. (122.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Bonnard' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Bonnard, March 1910, no. 13. Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, 1978-1981 (on extended loan).

Literature:

G. Coquiot, Bonnard, Paris, 1922, p. 49. L. Werth, Quelques peintres, Paris, 1923, p. 111. A. Fontainas, Bonnard: Les albums d'art Druet XX, Paris, 1928 (illustrated). T. Bernard, "Jos Hessel," La Renaissance, vol. XIII, no. 1, January 1930, p. 29 (illustrated). L. Werth, "Pierre Bonnard: Le peintre," Les publications techniques et artistiques, 1945, p. 12. Dr. F.J. Beer, "Evocation de Pierre Bonnard," Arts de France, no. 11, 1947, p. 21 (illustrated, p. 20; dated 1900). H. Rumpel, Bonnard, Paris, 1952, p. 19, no. 13 (illustrated, p. 20; dated 1900-1903). P. Courthion, "Le gou^t de notre temps, collection e´tablie et dirige´e par Albert Skira," Montmartre, 1956, pp. 81-82. J. and H. Dauberville, Bonnard: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1906-1919, Paris, 1968, vol. II, p. 220, no. 640 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist). Jos Hessel, Paris (acquired from the above, March 1910). Private collection, Paris (1952). Sam Salz, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, January 1951.