Poster for "France-Champagne"

1891

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Edouard Ancourt

Printer, French, active 1860s/1890s

This print features bold black lettering and a stylized depiction of a person enjoying champagne in an Art Nouveau style. The person is on the left, and they have flowing, curly hair orange hair and pale peach skin, set against a vibrant yellow background. The person is wearing a pale orange dress and holding a champagne glass surrounded by a cascade of beige bubbles. The text on the poster contains the words "FRANCE-CHAMPAGNE" at the top in thick black letters, with more text on the bottom right, set against the bubbles.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on beige paper mounted to fabric support

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 79.8 x 60.3 cm (31 7/16 x 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 5.

2002

  • "Pierre Bonnard: Early and Late", The Phillips Collection, Washington; Denver Art Museum, 2002-2003, no. 5.

  • Pierre Bonnard, Early and Late, Phillips Collection, Washington, Denver Art Museum, 2002-2003, 256, pl. 5.

Bibliography

1981

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

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 5.

Inscriptions

upper right in stone: PB (in monogram); across top in stone: FRANCE-CHAMPAGNE; across bottom in stone: E. DEBRAY / PROPRIÉTAIRE / LA HAUBETTE-TINQUEUX-LEZ-REIMS / BUREAU DE REPRÉSENTATIONS / 8, RUE DE L'ISLY PARIS; lower left in stone: Imp. Edw. ANCOURT 7 Cie. 83. Faubg St. Denis, PARIS.

Wikidata ID

Q75419484

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