Scène de famille

Details

PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Scène de famille
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
12 5⁄8 x 7 3⁄8 in. (32.2 x 18.9 cm.)
Executed in 1893

Provenance

Jean Dalsace, Paris.
Galerie Berès, Paris (by October 2002).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, June 2003.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Huguette Berès, Bonnard illustrateur, June-July 1970, no. 3.
Paris, Galerie Berès, Les peintres-graveurs: 1890-1900, October-December 2002, no. 11 (illustrated in color).

Further details

Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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Lot Essay

This gouache is a preparatory study for the lithograph Scène de famille executed the same year. It represents the painter's sister, Andrée Terrasse, lovingly embracing her infant son Jean. Bonnard also painted an oil painting titled Mère et enfant inspired by this work.

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