Salon d'Automne: Invitation

1912

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

This is a drawing of an invitation card for the Salon d'Automne in 1912. The card features an illustration at the top with a figure reclining on cushions amid a decorative interior space. The image is rendered in a simple, brown ink style. Below the illustration, the card has decorative lettering for "Salon d'Automne 1912", followed by text in French with the invitation details. It invites recipients to attend the opening of the 10th exhibition on September 30, 1912, at the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées. The signature of the event's president is included, along with the phrase "Entrée pour Deux Personnes".
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in dark brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.7 x 11.1 cm (8 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.139.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Terrasse 1988, no. 25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Terrasse, Antoine. Bonnard Illustrateur: Catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1988: 162-163, no. 25.

Inscriptions

upper right in stone: Bonnard; across center in stone (?): SALON D'AUTOMNE / 1912; mechanically printed across bottom of sheet: Les Membres du Salon d'Automne / ont l'honneur de vous prier de vouloir bien / assister au Vernissage de leur 10e Exposition / qui aura lieu le 30 Septembre 1912, / de 9 heaures à 5 heures, au Grand-Palais des / Champs-Élysées. / Le Président: / (illegible) Toudain? / Entrée pour Deux Personnes

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