Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe

1902

Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Longus

Author, Greek, active 3rd century

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Pierre Bonnard, Longus (author)

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 4 original drawings in graphite, charcoal, black pencil, and blue pencil; 4 lithographic proofs without text on china paper; 151 lithographs in text; another set of 151 lithographs in brown without text; and 4 announcement pages at the end of the volume with 3 lithographs

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.8 × 25.5 cm (12 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
    case: 34.3 × 28.2 × 5.4 cm (13 1/2 × 11 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.112.14.1-4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 75

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Associated Artworks

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Sketch of Seated Figure for <em>Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe</em>

Pierre Bonnard, Longus, Ambroise Vollard

1902

Sketch for <em>Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe</em>

Pierre Bonnard, Longus, Ambroise Vollard

1902

Study of leaves for <em>Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe</em>

Pierre Bonnard, Longus, Ambroise Vollard

1902

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • Bouvet, Francis. Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1981, no. 75.

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