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Les oeillets
Details
                                        
                                            Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) 
Les oeillets
signed 'Bonnard' (upper right)
oil on canvas
22½ x 173/8 in. (57.2 x 44.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1921
                                        
                                    Les oeillets
signed 'Bonnard' (upper right)
oil on canvas
22½ x 173/8 in. (57.2 x 44.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1921
Provenance
                                        
                                            Georges Besson.
Ian Woodner Family Collection.
                                        
                                    Ian Woodner Family Collection.
Literature
                                        
                                            D. Sutton, Bonnard, London, 1957, p. 18 (illustrated, pl. VIII).
J. and H. Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1973, vol. III, p. 92, no. 1080 (illustrated).
                                        
                                    J. and H. Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1973, vol. III, p. 92, no. 1080 (illustrated).
Exhibited
                                        
                                            London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., Pierre Bonnard, May 1935, no. 26 (illustrated; as Bouquet d'Oeillets).
(Possibly) London, The Hannover Gallery, French Paintings, April-May 1955 (as Les fleurs; dated 1945).
                                        
                                    (Possibly) London, The Hannover Gallery, French Paintings, April-May 1955 (as Les fleurs; dated 1945).
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