Street Corner

1899

Pierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard (publisher)

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

This is a painting of a street scene with blurred figures, including a dog, cart, and buildings. The image has an impressionistic style, with an emphasis on capturing the movement and activity of an urban setting. The figures are roughly sketched, providing an impression of people walking, a cart being pulled, and dogs playing. The colors are muted, primarily consisting of shades of olive green, black, and brown.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in gray-green, brown, yellow and blue on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.9 × 35.5 cm (10 9/16 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 × 52.9 cm (15 7/8 × 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2086

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 60

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and R in semicircle [not in Lugt]); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945.

1948

  • Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, MA, 1948.

  • Paris, The Favorable Climate, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 - 1949.

1951

  • French Nineteenth-Century, Maryville College, TN, 1951.

1955

  • Modern French Colored Lithographs from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1955.

Bibliography

1952

  • Roger-Marx, Claude. Bonnard lithographe. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1952.

1981

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

Inscriptions

none

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d); stamped in black ink: Rosenwald stamp, R in semicircle (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64961090

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