Suite of drawings for the volume Histoire du Poisson Scie et du Poisson Marteau* by Léopold Chauveau,* c. 1922

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Medium

Suite of 39 drawings, 38 are preparatory drawings by Bonnard in pen and brush and black ink on smooth wove paper, 1 (unpublished) is in pen and brown ink on rough wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 35.8 × 28.4 cm (14 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)
book: 37.5 × 31.5 × 4 cm (14 3/4 × 12 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Terrasse 1988, no. 40

Accession Number

2014.112.3.1-39

Artists / Makers

Pierre Bonnard (artist) French, 1867 - 1947

French 19th Century (artist)

Léopold Chauveau (author) French, 1870 - 1940

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Inscription

initialed by artist in graphite on drawings .1-.38: PB; in graphite lower left by different hand on drawing .39: (not deciphered)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Bibliography

1988: Terrasse, Antoine. Bonnard Illustrateur: Catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1988, no. 40.

Suite of drawings for the volume Histoire du Poisson Scie et du Poisson Marteau by Léopold Chauveau, c. 1922