Program Design for the Théâtre Libre, 1890

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

pen and black ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 31.4 x 20 cm (12 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre Bonnard (artist) French, 1867 - 1947

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Inscription

across top in pen and black ink and red watercolor (head of figure obscures word): THEA E LIBRE; center right in pen and black ink: PROGRAMME; center in graphite: A mon bon comarade Lugné, / P Bonnard

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Darzens, Rodolphe

Exhibition History

1998: Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 8, as Program Design for the Théâtre Libre.

Bibliography

1998: Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 8.