Lot 178
  • 178

Pierre Bonnard

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre Bonnard
  • PORTRAIT DE RENÉE MONCHARTY (JEUNE FEMME DANS LA RUE)
  • stamped with the monogram (lower right)
  • pencil on paper

  • 26.8 by 21cm., 10 1/2 by 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Galerie Aittouarès, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, attached to the overmount around all four edges. There is a flattened crease (approx. 3cm. long) running horizontally from the centre of the left edge and a 2in. inverted L-shaped line of retouching which appears to address a repaired tear. Otherwise this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is slightly warmer in the original.
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