Study for "Les Clés" (The Keys)

1891/1893

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image displays a full-body sketch of a person standing in profile, raising their right arm with a clenched fist. The facial features are roughly sketched, and they have curly hair. The person is depicted nude, surrounded by a decorated border with purple and brown scrolled patterns and musical notations. The background contains faint handwritten text and musical symbols.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and pen and black ink with watercolor and graphite

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.5 x 28 cm (8 1/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.43

  • Series Title

    Petite solfège illustré

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 146, 169, no. 109 (color).

Wikidata ID

Q64619582

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