Ex Libris (Bookplate for Charles Terrasse)

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

This image is a full-length portrait of a person standing in a relaxed pose, with one arm raised above their head and the other arm extended down. The person's facial features are outlined with simple lines, and they have wavy hair reaching their shoulders. The person appears unclothed, with suggestive contours in their body. Abstract outlines resembling foliage or plant forms surround them. At the bottom, the text "EX LIBRIS" is present, possibly indicating a bookplate. The image is illustrated in a monochrome drawing style with visible sketch lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint [proof] with pen and brown-black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.9 x 5.4 cm (4 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.9 x 12.6 cm (7 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.67.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 87 [proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ira Jackson, Houston, TX; purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: CT; lower center in plate: EX / LIBRIS

Wikidata ID

Q76439045

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