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Pierre Bonnard

The Cab Horse, c. 1895

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 29.7 x 40 cm (11 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

framed: 48.9 x 58.7 x 7.6 cm (19 1/4 x 23 1/8 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.4

Artists / Makers

Pierre Bonnard (artist) French, 1867 - 1947

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Inscription

lower right: Bonnard

Provenance

Shchukin, Moscow; sold 1899 to (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris), probably until 1946. [1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1947/1948;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; gift 1970 to NGA.[3]

[1] Exhibited at Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, in 1946.

[2]Probably lent by Molyneux to an exhibition at the Orangerie in 1947; definitely lent to exhibition in New York in 1948.

[3]Purchase from Molyneux according the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA Gallery Archives (copy NGA curatorial records).

Associated Names

Bernheim-Jeune
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Shchukin
Unknown Collection, New York

Exhibition History

1946: XXXIV Peintures de Pierre Bonnard, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1946, no. 3, as Les Batinolles, avec la devanture fleurie.

1947: Bonnard, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1947, no 10

1948: Pierre Bonnard, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, no. 6, repro.

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, repro., as Boulevard des Batignolles.

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956, as Boulevard des Batignolles

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 25, as Boulevard des Batignolles

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 4, repro

1964: Bonnard and His Environment, Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1964-1965.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 155, repro.

1968: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Their Circle, Christie's, New York, 1968, no. 37, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

1985: Pierre Bonnard, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, and Kunsthaus Zürich, 1985, no. 18, as Batignolles avec la devanture fleurie

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 74, repro.

1993: Nabis 1888-1900, Kunsthaus, Zurich; Grand Palais, Paris; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1993-1994, no. 20, fig. 3 (p. 77).

2002: Pierre Bonnard: Early and Late, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Denver Art Museum, 2002-2003, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 25.

2010: Bilder einer Metropole: Die Impressionisten in Paris [Images of a Capital - The Impressionists in Paris], Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2010-2011, no. 7, repro.

2011: Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2011-2012, no. 7, repro.

2013: Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.

Bibliography

1966: Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. 4 vols. Paris, 1966-1974: no. 92 bis, repro.

1966: Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966): 86.

1966: Kuh, Katherine. "Golden Loans for a Silver Anniversary." Saturday Review (19 March 1966): repro. p. 51.

1969: Fermigier, André. Pierre Bonnard. New York, 1969: 16.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 32, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 86, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 578, no. 884, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 52, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 74, repro.