Still Life with Dog
c. 1912
Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 51.44 × 62.23 cm (20 1/4 × 24 1/2 in.)
framed: 78.11 × 89.22 × 6.35 cm (30 3/4 × 35 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2014.18.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired 1912 from the artist by (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold to (Jos Hessel, Paris). (Alex Reid & Lefevre, London), c. 1939; sold to (Alfred Daber, Paris), until at least 1942. Private collection, Paris. (Alex Reid & Lefevre, London), c. 1965.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[2] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Exhibited at Lefevre Gallery in 1939, Galerie Daber in 1942, and Lefevre Gallery again in 1965.
[2] Lent to Pierre Bonnard, Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1966, no. 105.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1939
Entente cordiale: paintings by contemporary British and French artists, Lefevre Gallery, London, 1939, no. 3.
1965
19th and 20th Century Paintings, The Lefevre Gallery, London, 1965, no. 2, repro.
1966
Pierre Bonnard, Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1966, no. 105.
2016
Entre chiens & chats: Bonnard et l'animalité, Musée Bonnard, Le Cannet, France, 2016, no. 23, repro.
Bibliography
1922
Coquiot, Gustave. Bonnard. Paris, 1922: 51-52.
1939
Wright, E. N. "the French and English Spirit." The Studio 118, no. 559 (October 1939): 138, repro.
1945
Courthion, Pierre. Bonnard, peintre du merveilleux. Lausanne, 1945: repro. 148.
1947
Beer, François-Joachim. Pierre Bonnard. Marseille, 1947: pl. 110.
1966
Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. 4 vols. Paris, 1966-1974: 2:278.
1993
Pierre Bonnard : das Glück zu malen. Exh. cat. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1993: 84, repro.
Inscriptions
upper center right: Bonnard
Wikidata ID
Q20191702