Great Grandmother (L'Arrière-grandmère)

1895

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image depicts a woman leaning over a table and a baby seated in a high chair. The woman is looking down towards the baby. The woman is wearing dark, patterned clothing and her hair is tied back. The baby is wearing a light-colored outfit with a ruffled collar. The background is textured with a neutral tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown reworked with colored pencil on china paper (proof)

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.1 x 23.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 36

  • Series Title

    L'Épreuve

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 45.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 33.

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. 33.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in graphite: PBonnard; lower center in stone: PBonnard

Wikidata ID

Q75419656

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