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Lot 208
  • 208

Pierre Bonnard

Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pierre Bonnard
  • LES DEUX ENFANTS, VERNOUILLET
  • signed Bonnard (lower right)
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 48 by 62.2cm., 19 by 24 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired by 1910)
Paul Vallotton, Paris (acquired from the above in October 1911)
Galerie Aktuaryas, Zurich
Max Bally, Schöneward (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Bonnard, 1910, no. 16

Literature

Gustave Coquiot, Bonnard, Paris, 1922, p. 47
Jean & Henry Dauberville, Bonnard. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1906-1919, Paris, 1968, no. 549, illustrated p. 157

Condition

The paper is laid down on canvas and there are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from some light surface dirt this work is in very good condition. Colours: Overall richer, especially the sky, and more varied in the original.
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