Le Canotage, from Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard

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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Le Canotage, from Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard
lithograph in colors, on Chine, 1896-1897, signed in pencil, from the edition of 100, published by Galerie Vollard, Paris, 1897, with full margins, in good condition, framed
Image: 10 ½ x 18 ½ in. (266 x 470 mm.)
Sheet: 16 7⁄8 x 22 3⁄8 in. (428 x 568 mm.)

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).

Literature

Roger-Marx 44; Bouvet 42

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Lot Essay

This four-color lithograph was included in the second Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard. Bonnard also designed the portfolio's cover, title, contents, and end pages. Bonnard's lithograph is based on his painting of 1896, Boating at Chatou. It depicts a view of the Sunday outings that took place on and along the Seine at Chatou, just outside of Paris.

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