Pierre Bonnard
(France 1867–1947)
- Title
- The bathtub
- Alternative title:
- La baignoire
- Year
- 1942-1946
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour lithograph
- Edition
- 17/80
- Dimensions
-
51.5 x 64.5cm sheet; 61.8 x 74.5 x 4.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. [inscribed onto stone] "Bonnard" and l.r., pencil "PB". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1999
- Accession number
- 147.1999
- Copyright
- © Pierre Bonnard, 1942-46/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This work was drawn on the lithographic stone by Jaques Villon, under Bonnard's supervision. It is one of eleven lithographs, executed in this way, at the studio of Louis Carré, Paris, between 1942-1946. Villon's drawings were after gouaches by Bonnard and Bonnard followed the progress of the work through every state, annotating the colours and making numerous marginal notes.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Francis Bouvet (France, b.1929, d.1979) (Author), Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work, England, 1981, 300, 310 (colour illus.).
