Admission is always free Directions

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Home » Collection » A Spring Landscape
  • Inscription
  • Provenance
  • Exhibition History
  • Bibliography
Inscription

lower left with atelier stamp: Bonnard

Provenance

The artist [1867-1947]; by inheritance to the Bonnard-Terrasse family, Paris. Anonymous collection, Switzerland, 1966. (Wildenstein, London, New York, and Paris); sold 11 August 1966 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; gift 1970 to NGA.[1]

[1]Provenance according to invoice from Wildenstein dated 11 August 1966, in NGA curatorial records.

Exhibition History
1966
Pierre Bonnard, Royal Academy of Arts, London, no. 228, and Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 1966, no. 32, repro.
1986
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 3, repro.
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 75, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 72, repro.
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 178-179, color repro.
1997
Pierre Bonnard Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1997, no. 37, repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 69, repro.
Bibliography
1966
Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. 4 vols. Paris, 1966-1974: no. 1527, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 34, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 578, no. 888, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 54, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 75, repro.