Lot n° 21
Estimation :
30000 - 35000
EUR
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: 71 680EUR
*PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947
)The Walk of the... - Lot 21 - Ader
*PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947
)The Walk of the Nannies, frieze of carriages. Screen in 4 leaves. Paris, Molines ed. 1899. Lithograph. Each 445 x 1450 [with frame 470 x 1470]. Size unfolded: 1880 x 1470. 55 Bouvet. Color print. Beautiful proofs on vellum, lightly varnished, mounted on oak stretchers in 4 movable panels. Slight traces of oxidation of the varnish. Minor surface bumps forming small white marks, notably in the first panel. White marks on the bottom left of the second panel.
Provenance:
- Christie's sale, London, 24 November 1970, no. 166
- Former collection of Lotar and Vera Neumann; acquired in their estate sale, Château de Gingins, Piguet, Geneva, 27 April 2013, no. 442 -
Featured in the exhibition From Munch to Tiffany, Light on the Neumann Collection, Neumann Foundation, 4 March - 15 August 2004 -
In a letter to his mother, Bonnard indicates that the scene takes place in the Tuileries, Place de la Concorde
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The artist had the idea for this very Japanese-style screen as early as 1894. He made a tempera model on canvas and composed a small painted border for each panel. This painted example is now in an American collection.
"This screen synthesizes Bonnard's research into a new decorative art. The Nabi theories, the fascination for Japanese prints and the theme of children's games are combined here in a perfectly achieved balance. The research of full and empty spaces, of a great complexity, serves the unity of the four sheets conceived as a single panel. The children's silhouettes and the comical one of the little dog bring a dynamic to the frozen, ornamental masses of the three women, the balustrade and the frieze of carriages. (Cartel of the exhibition Côté jardin. De Monet à Bonnard, Giverny, Musée des Impressionnismes, 19 May-1 November 2021).
"This lithographed screen represents the animation of the Place de la Concorde. Bonnard uses various visual effects to depict the trajectory of figures and vehicles in this immense space. In the foreground, the group of women and children seem to be moving towards us, their movement almost caricatured. At the top, the frieze of carriages parked in the distance resembles the pattern of a zoetrope, ready to come to life. Finally, the format of the four-leaf screen includes a sequenced reading of the whole and the white background evokes a projection screen or shadow theater. (Cartel of the exhibition Enfin le cinéma ! Arts, images and shows in France, 1833-1907, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 28 September 2021-16 January 2022).
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