Pierre Bonnard

Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Geneva (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 12th May 1987, lot 265)
Galerie d'art de la Corraterie, Geneva (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Jean & Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1940-1947 et supplement 1887-1939, 1974, Paris, vol. IV, no. 01844, illustrated p. 217 (with original dimensions of 63 by 48.1cm.)

Executed on paper laid down on canvas, the canvas is lined. UV examination reveals an area of retouching to the top right corner (2 by 2.5cm.) and two dots towards the centre of the right edge. There is some scattered fluorescence visible under UV light, possibly due to artist's materials and techniques. There some very fine lines of shrinkage to the lady's blouse. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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This work has been reduced in size subsequent to the publication of the Catalogue raisonné.