L'Arc de Triomphe

c. 1898 (published 1899)

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

The image shows a street scene with a view down a wide avenue that stretches into the distance, converging at a large arch-like structure on the horizon. The horizon is located near the top center of the image, where the road and trees lining it become less distinct. The brushwork style is loose and sketch-like with visible, expressive lines, using a combination of darker and lighter shades to create texture. Brown and deep blue colors primarily define the foreground area, with figures on horseback prominently visible. Vibrant shades of reddish-brown color the trees flanking the road, while soft beige fills the path and distant structures. The color palette and rough strokes evoke a sense of dynamic movement and impression.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on lightweight, beige wove (handmade?) paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    image: 31 × 46.4 cm (12 3/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 × 52.9 cm (15 7/8 × 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.155.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 69, State (proof)

  • Series Title

    Quelques aspects de la vie de Paris

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Roger-Marx [1888 - 1977], Paris, (Lugt 3548). (sale, Audap-Solanet, Godeau-Velliet, Paris, 24 March 1995, lot 18). Virginia [1919 - 2007] and Ira Jackson [1920 - 2013], Houston, (Lugt 5734); gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 63.

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. 63.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: l'etat RR avant effaçure du chien / et des repères

Wikidata ID

Q75420129

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