Study for "Leçon sur les mesures composées" (Lesson on Compound Time)

1891/1893

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image shows erratic lines creating abstract shapes, two profiles facing each other. One shape on the right resembles a towering figure with elongated contours, while the smaller shape on the left portrays a more compact form. The drawing allows viewers to see representations resembling a teacher and a student, possibly learning a lesson on compound measures as indicated by the text "Leçon sur les mesures composées" written at the top.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.2 x 27.8 cm (8 3/4 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.42

  • Series Title

    Petite solfège illustré

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 150, 169, no. 113 (color).

2021

  • Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Cleveland Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum, OR, 2021-2022, no. 104.

  • Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, 1889 -1900 (Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Félix Vallotton), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Portland Art Museum, Portland, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64619585

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