LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.50 in. (69.85 cm.) (height) by 27.50 in. (69.85 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Stamped Bonnard (lower left)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy of Arts,. Pierre Bonnard , 1966, no. 154, illustrated in the catalogue (titled. Levrette et nature morte and dated. circa 1920-25) . . London, Fischer Fine Art, Ltd.,. A Journey into the Universe of Art, from Courbet and Corot to Bacon, Moore and Lindner , 1972, no. 5, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Toyko, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Galleries; Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum & Fukuoka, Art Museum,. Pierre Bonnard , 1980-81, no. 48, illustrated in color in the catalogue . . Geneva, Musée Rath,. Pierre Bonnard , 1981, no. 50, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc.,. The Inquiring Eye of Pierre Bonnard , 1981, no. 29, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Zurich, Kunsthaus & Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut,. Bonnard , 1984-85, no. 104, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage,. Pierre Bonnard et son monde enchanté , 1991, no. 46, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,. Pierre Bonnard , 1992-93, no. 66, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung,. Bonnard , 1994, no. 95, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art,. Santa Barbara Collects: Impressions of France , 1998, no. 3, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,. Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors , 2009, no. 1, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Michael Webb, Painter of 'Luxe, Calme, et Volupté' in. Country Life , vol. CXXXIX, no. 3593, London, January 13, 1966, fig. 1, illustrated p. 68. . Jean & Henry Dauberville,. Bonnard. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint , vol. III, Paris, 1973, no. 1207, illustrated p. 175. . Mahonri Sharp Young, Letter from the U.S.A.: Bonnard's Inquiring Eye in. Apollo , vol. 64, no. 237, London, November 1981, illustrated p. 341

Provenance:

Estate of the artist, France. . Terrasse Family, France (by descent from the above and until at least 1974). . Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York. . The Wallis Foundation, Santa Barbara (acquired. circa 1994 and sold: Christie's, New York, May 12, 1999, lot 38). . Acquired at the above sale