Burial of the Dog

1924

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image shows a sketch of a person from the back, leaning slightly forward. The person has short to medium length hair, wearing a long coat or robe tied at the waist. They hold a spade or shovel in their right hand, with an animal resting nearby. The background consists of simple vertical and curved lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure printed in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 28.7 x 23 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.6 x 25.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.162.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 91, State undesc

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.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: B 91 non cité

Wikidata ID

Q76355506

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