LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

47.24 in. (120.00 cm.) (height) by 41.34 in. (105.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Bonnard 23' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Paris, Salon d'Automne, November - December 1923. New York, Exhibition of Paintings by Bonnard, March 1934, no. 20 (illustrated).

Literature:

F. Jourdain, Bonnard ou les vertus de la Liberté, Geneva, 1946, no. 12 (illustrated in colour, titled 'Paysage de Vernon'). A. Terrasse, Pierre Bonnard, Paris, 1967, p. 220 (illustrated p. 121, titled 'La terrasse'). J. & H. Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. III, 1920-1939, Paris, 1973, no. 1185, p. 161 (illustrated p. 162). Exh. cat., Bonnard, Centre Georges Pompidou Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, 1984, p. 110 (illustrated). J. Russell, Bonnard, The Late Paintings, New York, 1984, p. 180 (illustrated). M. Terrasse, Bonnard, du dessin au tableau, Paris, 1996, p. 179 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1923. Galerie d'Art Moderne, Lausanne. M. Léon Delaroche, by whom acquired from the above, by 1935, and thence by descent to the present owner.