Lovers with Poplar Trees

1902

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image is viewed from a ground-level perspective. The landscape features trees and a solitary figure. The horizon is positioned low in the image, where the line of trees thins out into the distance. Five slender trees with sparse, wavy trunks are distributed across the scene. Light vegetative growth is depicted along the horizon line. The brushstrokes are minimal and sketch-like, using soft, loose lines to hint at foliage and ground cover. The color palette is monochrome, dominated by black strokes on a cream paper. Close to us, a figure lies on their side, head propped on one hand, surrounded by the texture of plants and leaves.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.5 x 14 cm (5 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 x 25.9 cm (12 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.162.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 76, State e

  • Series Title

    Variants for Daphnis et Chloë

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ira and Virginia Jackson Collection, Houston; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

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

Wikidata ID

Q76355472

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