Pierre Bonnard

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Estate of the artist
Sam Salz, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on June 1, 1965)
Thence by descent

Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Bonnard, 1906, no. 9 (titled Jeune femme et chien couché)
Zurich, Bonnard, 1949, no. 39
Paris, Galerie Kléber, Gaugin et ses amis, 1949, n.n.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Roussel, Bonnard, Vuillard, 1954, n.n.
Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Paris 1900, 1954, no. 7
Paris, Maison de la Pensée Française, Bonnard, 1955, no. 11
Paris, Galerie Huguette Bérès, Bonnard, Roussel, Vuillard, 1957, no. 15

Jean & Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1906-1919, vol. I, Paris, 1992, no. 341, illustrated p. 305

This work is in very good condition. The panel is sound. There is some minor frame abrasion and unevenness to the extreme edges.The varnish layer is very slightly dirty but the surface is generally well preserved. Under UV light, scattered pigments fluoresce in the brown foreground but appear to be original.
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Marthe Bonnard, the artist's wife and frequent muse, is the subject of the present work with her faithful dog, Black. Bonnard was fond of including the family pet in the domestic scenes which provided much inspiration throughout his career. In Marthe et le chien Black, the dog gazes over the back of the chaise at his mistress; this personification of the artist's dog presages the many later compositions featuring the family dog, Dingo, who is often seated at the table, peeking over the sitter's lap or at play with the artist's children.