Lot 3205* - Z40 Art Impressionniste & Moderne - vendredi, 24. juin 2016, 14h00
PIERRE BONNARD
(Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867 - 1947 Le Cannet)
Danseuses. Circa 1896.
Gouache and watercolour on paper on canvas.
25.4 x 38.1 cm.
Provenance:
- Sotheby's London, 3 December 1980, lot 124.
- Private collection, Germany.
Literature: Cf. Dauberville, Jean/Dauberville Henry: Bonnard. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint révisé et augmenté 1888-1905, Paris 1992, vol. I, p. 178-179, no. 143.
In the mid 1890s, Pierre Bonnard was searching for scenes of life in the city of Paris. The result was some of the most important works by this artist.
We look down from a box at the theatre and see ballet dancers on the stage, highlighted against the darkness of the orchestra. The depiction, typical of the Nabis, is very two-dimensional; the steep perspective is consciously selected.
This present work is most likely a preparatory study for an oil on board of the same size, which was acquired at auction by the Musée d’Orsay by right of first refusal in Paris in December 2013 for over 300 000 Euros.
- Sotheby's London, 3 December 1980, lot 124.
- Private collection, Germany.
Literature: Cf. Dauberville, Jean/Dauberville Henry: Bonnard. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint révisé et augmenté 1888-1905, Paris 1992, vol. I, p. 178-179, no. 143.
In the mid 1890s, Pierre Bonnard was searching for scenes of life in the city of Paris. The result was some of the most important works by this artist.
We look down from a box at the theatre and see ballet dancers on the stage, highlighted against the darkness of the orchestra. The depiction, typical of the Nabis, is very two-dimensional; the steep perspective is consciously selected.
This present work is most likely a preparatory study for an oil on board of the same size, which was acquired at auction by the Musée d’Orsay by right of first refusal in Paris in December 2013 for over 300 000 Euros.
CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)
Vendu pour CHF 23 300 (frais inclus)
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