Young Woman in Black Stockings (Jeune femme aux bas noirs)

1893

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Edouard Ancourt

Printer, French, active 1860s/1890s

The image shows the silhouette of a person's lower body with solid black legs standing on a textured ground. In the background, there is a faint outline of a larger figure with curly hair. The facial features are not clear. The person appears to be wearing clothing. The surroundings include sketchy, swirling patterns and abstract decorative line work.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.9 x 12.6 cm (11 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 x 28.1 cm (15 x 11 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

lower left below image in graphite: no 2 / PBonnard; lower right in stone: PB

Wikidata ID

Q75419637

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