Lot Essay
The present work is the original illustration represented on p. 14 of a special edition of the Claude Anet novel Notes sur l'amour, published in collaboration with Bonnard in 1922.
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THE PHILLIPS FAMILY COLLECTION
PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Le Couple
Details
PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Le Couple
signed 'Bonnard' (lower left)
watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
7 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (19.2 x 24.9 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Le Couple
signed 'Bonnard' (lower left)
watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
7 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (19.2 x 24.9 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Provenance
Acquired by the Phillips family, by 1966.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Pierre Bonnard, winter 1966, p. 69, no. 289.
Further details
Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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