Madame Bonnard
1895/1900
Painter, French, 1868 - 1940


East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on cardboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 41.7 x 31.9 cm (16 7/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 5.4 cm (25 x 21 x 2 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1995.47.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Pierre Bonnard [1867-1947]; (his estate sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 23 February 1954, no. 30). Sir Alexander Korda; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1962, no. 31); purchased through (Hector Brame, Paris) by Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[1] gift 1995 to NGA.
[1]See Paul Mellon files now in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 183, repro.
2012
Bonnard Among Friends. Matisse, Monet, Vuillard..., Musée Bonnard, Le Cannet, 2012, no. 6, repro.
Bibliography
1966
Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966): 42, repro.
2003
Salomon, Antoine, and Guy Cogeval. Vuillard, The Inexhaustible Glance: Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 2:no. VI-417, repro., as Marthe Bonnard Wearing a Hat.
Inscriptions
upper left: à Bonnard / EVuillard
Wikidata ID
Q20190494