Madame Bonnard

1895/1900

Edouard Vuillard

Painter, French, 1868 - 1940

Edouard Vuillard

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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • 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 Number

    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

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