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Three Birds

1945-1946

Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Medium

zinc lithographic plate
Credit Line

Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Dimensions

overall: 40.32 × 29.85 cm (15 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Accession

2004.162.49
Catalogue Raisonné

Bouvet 1981, no. 129

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston (not in Lugt); gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Bibliography

1981

Bouvet, Francis. Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1981: 129, plate 2.

Inscriptions

verso in red pencil: 2 (circled); verso in blue pencil: 2 (written over) 3 (and circled)

Wikidata ID

Q63571269

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