In the Street (Dans la rue)

c. 1900

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image features overlapping rectangular and curved shapes with a vertical line on the left. Lines create depth and movement to the right. The shapes and colors intertwine, resembling a figure with a dark object with a light cross. The colors include dark ochre, brown, and gold. Rounded, organic forms in the background suggest foliage or trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.9 x 13.6 cm (10 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.6 x 30.8 cm (19 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

lower left below image in graphite: no 27 / PBonnard; upper left in stone: PB

Wikidata ID

Q75420137

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