A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Pierre Bonnard
Nu couché
Auction Closed
March 7, 03:05 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Pierre Bonnard
1867 - 1947
Nu couché
oil and charcoal on paper laid down on canvas
18.5 by 42 cm. 7 ⅜ by 16 ½ in.
Framed: 34 by 56.2 cm. 13 ⅜ by 22 ⅛ in.
Executed in 1897.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Floriane Dauberville.
Édouard Vuillard, Paris
Jacques Roussel, Paris (acquired by descent from the above)
Paul Easter
Wildenstein & Co., New York (acquired from the above in April 1954)
William S. Paley, New York (acquired from the above in 1955)
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the present owner
Paris, Jacques Rodrigues Henriques, 1938 (illustrated in an historic photograph)
Paris, Galerie Kleber, Gauguin et ses amis, 1949
New York, Museum of Modern Art (on loan from 1990-2022)
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art and New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, The William S. Paley Collection, 1992-1994, no. 5, p. 11, illustrated in colour