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Family Scene (Scène de famille)

1892

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names

Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image features the heads and upper bodies of three individuals. On the left, an older man with white, textured hair and a beard looks at the baby. In the center, a baby with blue eyes and mouth is propped up on their stomach. The baby wears a white outfit with a dotted collar. On the right, another individual with dark hair is partially visible, looking at the baby. The background is a muted brown color.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Dimensions

image: 21.6 x 38.5 cm (8 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.)
sheet: 29.3 x 38.4 cm (11 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2006.155.14
Catalogue Raisonné

Bouvet 1981, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston, (stamp, VIJ in square, Lugt undescribed); gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

upper left in stone: PBonnard 1892; lower left in graphite: no [18] / PBonnard

Wikidata ID

Q75419487

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