PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Nu debout à l’essuie-main
Details
PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Nu debout à l’essuie-main
signed ‘Bonnard’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
31 ¹/₂ x 20 ¹/₂in. (80 x 52cm.)
Painted circa 1924
Nu debout à l’essuie-main
signed ‘Bonnard’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
31 ¹/₂ x 20 ¹/₂in. (80 x 52cm.)
Painted circa 1924
Provenance
Pierre Bonnard, Paris.
Jos [Joseph] Hessel, Paris.
Galerie Rosengart [Siegfreid Rosengart], Lucerne, by 1946.
A. Gattlen Galerie, Lausanne (photo no. 10416).
Silvan Kocher, Solothurn, by 1953, and thence by descent until at least 1990.
Pissarro & Associates, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Jos [Joseph] Hessel, Paris.
Galerie Rosengart [Siegfreid Rosengart], Lucerne, by 1946.
A. Gattlen Galerie, Lausanne (photo no. 10416).
Silvan Kocher, Solothurn, by 1953, and thence by descent until at least 1990.
Pissarro & Associates, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
J. & H. Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, vol. III, 1920-1939, Paris, 1973, no. 1273, p. 227 (illustrated).
Exhibition
Bern, Kunsthalle, Ecole de Paris, Exposition de Peinture Contemporaine, February – March 1946, no. 38, p. 23 (illustrated; titled ‘Femme à la Toilette’ and with inverted dimensions).
Rotterdam, Musée Boymans, Bonnard, 1953, no. 80 (titled ‘Staand naakt’; with inverted dimensions and dated ‘circa 1930’).
Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Paris 1900, July – September 1954, no. 14 (titled ‘Nu au linge blanc’).
Milan, Palazzo della Permanente, Mostra di Pierre Bonnard, April – May 1955, no. 50, p. 44 (illustrated; titled ‘L’asciugamano’).
Basel, Kunsthalle, Pierre Bonnard, May – July 1955, no. 82, p. 28 (dated ‘circa 1930’).
Tokyo, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Galleries, Pierre Bonnard, October – November 1980, no. 52 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kobe, The Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, November – December 1980; Nagoya, The Museum of Art, Aichi, January 1981; Fukuoka, The Museum of Municipal Art, January – February 1981.
Geneva, Musée Rath, Pierre Bonnard, April – June 1981, no. 53 (illustrated).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Bonnard, October – November 1983, no. 32 (illustrated; titled ‘Desnudo de pie con toalla’); this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Sala de la Caixa, December 1983 – January 1984.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Pierre Bonnard, December 1984 – March 1985, no. 81, p. 182 (illustrated; incorrectly dated ‘1917’).
Lausanne, La Fondation de l’Hermitage, Pierre Bonnard et son monde enchanté, June – October 1991, no. 49, p. 158 (illustrated ; titled ‘Nu debout à l’Essuie-Mains’).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Bonnard, January – April 1994, no. 75 (illustrated; titled ‘Frau beim Ankleiden or Stehender Akt mit Handtuch’ and incorrectly dated ‘circa 1917’).
Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, Bonnard, no. 38, p. 52 (illustrated p. 96).
Rotterdam, Musée Boymans, Bonnard, 1953, no. 80 (titled ‘Staand naakt’; with inverted dimensions and dated ‘circa 1930’).
Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Paris 1900, July – September 1954, no. 14 (titled ‘Nu au linge blanc’).
Milan, Palazzo della Permanente, Mostra di Pierre Bonnard, April – May 1955, no. 50, p. 44 (illustrated; titled ‘L’asciugamano’).
Basel, Kunsthalle, Pierre Bonnard, May – July 1955, no. 82, p. 28 (dated ‘circa 1930’).
Tokyo, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Galleries, Pierre Bonnard, October – November 1980, no. 52 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kobe, The Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, November – December 1980; Nagoya, The Museum of Art, Aichi, January 1981; Fukuoka, The Museum of Municipal Art, January – February 1981.
Geneva, Musée Rath, Pierre Bonnard, April – June 1981, no. 53 (illustrated).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Bonnard, October – November 1983, no. 32 (illustrated; titled ‘Desnudo de pie con toalla’); this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Sala de la Caixa, December 1983 – January 1984.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Pierre Bonnard, December 1984 – March 1985, no. 81, p. 182 (illustrated; incorrectly dated ‘1917’).
Lausanne, La Fondation de l’Hermitage, Pierre Bonnard et son monde enchanté, June – October 1991, no. 49, p. 158 (illustrated ; titled ‘Nu debout à l’Essuie-Mains’).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Bonnard, January – April 1994, no. 75 (illustrated; titled ‘Frau beim Ankleiden or Stehender Akt mit Handtuch’ and incorrectly dated ‘circa 1917’).
Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, Bonnard, no. 38, p. 52 (illustrated p. 96).
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