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Pierre Bonnard

A Spring Landscape, c. 1935

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-E

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 67 x 103 cm (26 3/8 x 40 9/16 in.)

framed: 95.9 x 131.4 x 7.6 cm (37 3/4 x 51 3/4 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.10

Artists / Makers

Pierre Bonnard (artist) French, 1867 - 1947

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Inscription

lower left with atelier stamp: Bonnard

Provenance

The artist [1867-1947]; by inheritance to the Bonnard-Terrasse family, Paris. Anonymous collection, Switzerland, 1966. (Wildenstein, London, New York, and Paris); sold 11 August 1966 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; gift 1970 to NGA.[1]

[1]Provenance according to invoice from Wildenstein dated 11 August 1966, in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Bonnard-Terrasse family
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Private Collection, Switzerland
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

Exhibition History

1966: Pierre Bonnard, Royal Academy of Arts, London, no. 228, and Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 1966, no. 32, repro.

1986: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 3, repro.

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. 75, repro.

1992: From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 72, repro.

1996: Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 178-179, color repro.

1997: Pierre Bonnard Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1997, no. 37, repro.

1999: Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 69, repro.

Bibliography

1966: Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. 4 vols. Paris, 1966-1974: no. 1527, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 34, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 578, no. 888, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 54, 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. 75, repro.