La dernière croisade

1896

Pierre Bonnard

Associated Names
Pierre Bonnard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1947

The image consists of sketched, abstract lines and shapes forming various human figures, objects, and text. Two outlined figures, one male and one female, on the left side in a particular stance. The right side features swirling shapes resembling a face with detailed curly hair and a prominent nose, and another face with distinct eyes, nose, and lips. Above, a small figure with a top hat is close by. Surrounding these figures are rectangular text boxes filled with lines of text.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in green on light brown wove paper [proof before letters at upper center]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.1 x 50.2 cm (12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bouvet 1981, no. 37

  • Series Title

    Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 54, as Dernière croisade (The Last Crusade) by Maxime Gray; L'Errante (The Wanderer) poem by Pierre....

Bibliography

1952

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

1981

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

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 75, no. 82.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 54.

Inscriptions

center in stone in ligature: PB; lower right printed: ...LIBRAIRE LAROUSSE, 17 RUE MONTPARNASSE. PARIS

Wikidata ID

Q75395140

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