Carnet dit "Agenda de 1901" (One Hundred and Five Sheets)

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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Carnet dit "Agenda de 1901" (One Hundred and Five Sheets)
artist's notebook in original leather binding; pencil on graph paper
Each sheet: 4 5⁄8 x 3 in. (11.8 x 7.6 cm.) (approx.)
Drawn in 1901

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Antoine Terrasse, Fontainebleau (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Osenat, Fontainebleau, 29 March 2015, lot 115.
Acquired at the above sale by Marlene and Spencer Hays.

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Lot Essay

A small pocket diary for the year 1901, this book includes a range of drawings, along with the artist’s annotations. The text references the following names: Bernheim, Bibesco, Brossé, Charles (Terrasse or Bonnard), Cipa (Godebski), Clot, Cottet, Dolbeau, Grasset, Hessel, Kahn, Maillol, Mayol, Natanson, Redon, Schopfer, Vallotton, Viau, Vollard, Vuillard, and others. The pages include seven portraits, twelve landscapes, thirty-two decorative sketches, a nude study, and a drawing of an interior.

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