Lot 39
  • 39

Pierre Bonnard

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Moulin Rouge
  • pastel et encre sur papier
  • 24,9 x 19, 8 cm ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.

Provenance

Vente : Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 mai 1955, lot 168
Acquis lors de cette vente puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, De l'impressionisme à nos jours, 1958, no. 9, mentionné dans le catalogue

Condition

Executed on wove paper, laid down on card. Three edges are deckled and one has been unevenly cut. There appears to be a very small vertical repaired tear (approx. 1.5 cm long) to the upper left corner. There is a slight very minor crease (approx. 10 cm long) from the lower corner running up to the middle of the hat of the figure on the left. There is a small pinhole at the centre of upper edge. Colours are fresh and luminous. The sheet is slightly light-stained. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

pastel and ink on paper.