Lot 197
  • 197

Pierre Bonnard

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Paysage de Normandie
  • Stamped Bonnard (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 8 7/8 by 14 1/4 in.
  • 22.5 by 36.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Boshkoff, Bloomington, Indiana
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1973)
Thence by descent

Literature

Charles Terrasse, Bonnard, Paris, 1927, illustrated in color pp. 122-23
Jean & Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonnĂ© de l'oeuvre peint, vol. III, Paris, 1973, no. 1122, illustrated p. 119

Condition

Canvas is not lined but edges are reinforced with tape. Slightly buckling to canvas at upper left corner. Under UV light: a few small strokes of inpainting at lower center and two small strokes at center of lower right quadrant. Pindot retouches at extreme upper corners, otherwise fine. Work is in very good condition.
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