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lower right: Bonnard

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Provenance

Thaddée Natanson; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 June 1908, no. 9); purchased by (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris).[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1947;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[3] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Annotated Natanson sale catalogue in NGA curatorial files.

[2]Probably lent by Molyneux to 1947 exhibition at the Orangerie; definitely lent to 1948 exhibition in New York.

[3]Purchase fom Molyneux according to Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook, also in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History

1947
Bonnard, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1947, no 7, as Rue à Eragny.
1948
Pierre Bonnard, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, no. 5, repro.
1950
Exposition Rétrospective Bonnard, Bernheime-Jeune, Paris, 1950, no. 1, repro.
1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 1, repro
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 154, repro
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, unnumbered catalogue, p. 84
1985
Bonnard 1857-1947, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1985, no. 16, as Rue à Eragny.
1990
Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1990, no. 26, repro.
1993
Nabis 1888-1900, Kunsthaus, Zurich; Grand Palais, Paris; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1993-1994, no. 12, repro.
1994
Bonnard, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1994, no. 10, repro.
1998
Bonnard, Tate Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998, no. 5, repro., as Street in Eragny-sur-Oise (shown only in London).
2012
Pierre Bonnard, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1966
Dauberville, Jean and Henry. Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. 4 vols. Paris, 1966-1974: no. 63, as Rue à Eragny-sur-Oise ou Les Chiens à Eragny.
1966
Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966):86.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 32, repro.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 84, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1982
Thomson, Richard. "'Les Quat' Pattes': The Image of the Dog in Late Nineteenth Century French Art." Art History 5, no. 3 (September 1982):330-331.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 578, no. 885, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 52, repro.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 398-399, no. 330, color repro.

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