Lot 132
  • 132

Pierre Bonnard

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Nu à la baignoire
  • Watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 12 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.
  • 32.8 by 25 cm

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1922)
Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Articurial, Briest, Le Fur, Poulain & Tajan, Paris, October 20, 2007, lot 74
Waterhouse & Dodd, New York & London
Acquired from the above

Literature

Gustave Coquiot, Bonnard, Paris, 1922, illustrated on the cover
Antoine Terrasse, Bonnard illustrateur: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1988, no. 39

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the two upper corners. All four edges are slightly unevenly cut. There is a pin-size hole to the left of the extreme lower edge. There is some minor time staining and some light surface dirt. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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