Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris (Album Cover)

1898 (published 1899)

Pierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard (publisher)

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

This is a painting of a Parisian street scene on a promotional cover. The scene is sketched in an impressionistic style with orange and sepia hues. Buildings and busy street life are visible, with abstract outlines suggesting motion and activity. In the foreground, there is a stylized figure wearing a hat with an indistinct face made of swirling lines. The text overlay reads "VOLLARD EDITEUR, 6 rue Laffitte" in orange. The central text states "QUELQUES ASPECTS DE LA VIE DE PARIS" advertising an edition of lithographs, with additional details about the collection.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.5 × 33 cm (15 15/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 52 × 39.3 cm (20 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
    mount: 60 × 46.3 cm (23 5/8 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 58

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia [1919 - 2007] and Ira Jackson [1920 - 2013], Houston, (Lugt 5734); gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 60.

Bibliography

1981

  • Bouvet, Francis. Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1981: 58.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 60.

Inscriptions

upper center in stone (in orange): VOLLARD / editeur / 6 rue Laffitte; center left to lower left in stone (in orange): QUELQUES / ASPECTS / DE / DE LA VIE DE PARIS / 12 LITHOGRAPHIES / en / couleurs / par Bonnard

Markings

verso of mount: stamped in blue ink, Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection (Lugt 5734)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75419910

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