Cover for André Mellerio's "La Lithographie en couleurs"

Paris, 1898

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

This image features bold, irregular lines and shapes in shades of blue and mustard yellow. The center displays the large, uneven letters of "LA LITHOGRAPHIE EN COULEURS". Surrounding words are smaller and similarly styled. The background includes abstract scribbles and brush-like strokes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color-lithographic cover

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.8 x 18.5 cm (8 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 52, State (proof)

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. 89.

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. 89.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: PAB

Wikidata ID

Q75419897

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