The Laundress (La blanchisseuse)

1896

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

This is a painting of a person walking on a street with a dog. The scene is depicted with simplified shapes and muted color tones. The ground is represented in a light gray hue, with rectangular shapes suggesting cobblestones. A small white and brown dog stands on the street. The figure is painted in dark colors, holding an umbrella in one hand and a basket in the other. The background features a red and white building facade. The composition captures a moment of everyday life. This is in the style of Pierre Bonnard.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.5 x 19.7 cm (11 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.138.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 40

  • Series Title

    L'Album des peintres-graveurs

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 34, as La Petite Blanchisseuse (The Little Laundry Maid), from Album des peintres-graveurs.

Bibliography

1981

  • Bouvet, Francis. Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1981.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 34.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in graphite: no 13 / PBonnard; upper center in stone: Bonnard / 96; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 32792

Wikidata ID

Q75419762

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