L'Arc de Triomphe

1897/1898 (published 1899)

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

The image shows a street scene from above, with a path stretching into the distance, narrowing due to perspective. The horizon is positioned high in the frame, highlighting the view down the avenue. Buildings and urban elements are visible on and near the horizon, depicted with soft outlines. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, giving an impressionistic quality to the scene, with lines defining trees and figures. The color scheme includes muted earth tones, predominantly brown and beige, accented with green and red for trees and figures. The foreground includes a line of horseback riders, with trees lining the path leading to buildings in the distance. The background depicts a sky in pale shades, enhancing the light and airy feel of the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in two greens, gray, brown and red on lightweight, cream wove (handmade?) paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31 × 45.7 cm (12 3/16 × 18 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2084

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 69

  • Series Title

    Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris [1943.3.2078-2090]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and R in semicircle [not in Lugt]); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

  • Paris, The Favorable Climate, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 - 1949.

1953

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

1955

  • Modern French Colored Lithographs from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1955.

1957

  • Impressionist Prints, Literature and Fine Arts Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1957.

1963

  • Modern Prints and Illustrated Books from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.

  • Renoir to Picasso 1914, Lowe Gallery of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1963, no. 84.

1972

  • A Selection of Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, 1972.

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

in graphite bottom left: 2

Wikidata ID

Q64961082

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