Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris (Album Cover)

1898 (published 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 Paris street scene with text elements. The artwork depicts an abstracted, sketch-like scene of a Parisian street. Dominating the top portion of the scene is the text "VOLLARD ÉDITEUR" in orange, accompanied by additional elements in the same color in the lower part of the image that reads "QUELQUES ASPECTS DE LA VIE DE PARIS" with specifications below detailing lithographs. The image mixes chaotic, swirling lines with more structured forms. The artwork gives an impressionistic feel, with emphasis on texture. This is in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown and orange

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 45 × 33 cm (17 11/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 53.2 × 40.3 cm (20 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2090

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 58

  • Series Title

    Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris [1943.3.2078-2090]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

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

1953

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

1963

  • Modern Prints and Illustrated Books from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.

1965

  • Modern French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 – 1966.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1977.

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

upper center in stone (in orange): VOLLARD / editeur / 6 rue Laffitte; center left to lower left in stone (in orange): QUELQUES / ASPECTS / DE / DE LA VIE DE PARIS / 12 LITHOGRAPHIES / en / couleurs / par Bonnard

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: Rosenwald stamp, R in semicircle (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64961095

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