Red Plums

1892

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Painter, French, 1867 - 1947

This painting shows a tan woven basket filled with dark purple plums and orange, red, and yellow flowers. The basket of plums and flowers is centrally positioned, with the flowers cascading down and to the left. Green leaves and stems surround the flowers and plums. One plum is below the basket, resting on a plain brown surface. Behind the basket is a brown wall with a section of pale yellow. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.8 x 33.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
    framed: 33.34 × 42.23 × 3.18 cm (13 1/8 × 16 5/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.128.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 52.

Inscriptions

lower left: Bonnard

Wikidata ID

Q20190340

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