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lower right: Bonnard

Provenance

The artist; (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris), 1912. Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1947;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; [2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1946
XXXIV peintures de Pierre Bonnard, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1946, no. 1.
1947
Bonnard, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1947, no. 9
1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.
1956
Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1956, no. 131, repro.
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, no. 2, repro
1964
Bonnard and his Environment, Museum of Modern Art, NY; The Art Institute of Chicago; and Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, 1964-1965, no. 4, repro.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 156, repro.
2017
Hokusai and Japonisme, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017-2018.

Bibliography

1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 34, repro.
1978
King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 95, pl. 58.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 88, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 578, no. 887, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 52, repro.

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