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Pierre Bonnard
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Pierre Bonnard
- Marthe et le chien black
- Signed Bonnard (lower left)
- Oil on board
- 14 1/2 by 18 in.
- 36.7 by 45.7 cm
Provenance
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)
By descent to the present owner
Estate of the artist
Sam Salz, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on June 1, 1965)
By descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Bonnard, 1906, no. 9 (titled Jeune femme et chien couché)
Zurich, Bonnard, 1949, no. 39
Paris, Galerie Kléber, Gauguin et ses amis, 1949
London, Marlborough Gallery, Roussel, Bonnard, Vuillard, 1954
Vévey, 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
Zurich, Bonnard, 1949, no. 39
Paris, Galerie Kléber, Gauguin et ses amis, 1949
London, Marlborough Gallery, Roussel, Bonnard, Vuillard, 1954
Vévey, 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
Literature
Jean and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue Raisonné de L'Oeuvre Peint, 1888-1905, vol. 1, Paris, 1992, no. 341, illustrated p. 305
Catalogue Note
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 son 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.
Fig. 1 Pierre Bonnard, Marthe Bonnard et son chien Black, circa 1905, pen and ink on paper, Private Collection