Description
This charming scene of a nanny and her three charges extends across four panels meant to be mounted as a folding screen. Pierre Bonnard emulated the solidly colored flat forms of Japanese color woodcut prints, which he collected. He featured the screen in his first solo exhibition at Paris's prestigious Galeries Durand-Ruel in 1896.
Provenance
Edmond Sagot [1857-1917, Lugt 2253/4], Paris (after 1895-by 1917); Maurice Le Garrec [1881-1937; Lugt 1766a] Paris, by descent (by 1917-?); (C. G. Boerner, New York, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH) (before 2008); Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2008-); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2008-)
Accession Number
2008.31
Medium
color lithographs on wove paper, screen with four panels
Dimensions
Sheet: 137.4 x 47.3 cm (54 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.); Image: 137.4 x 47.3 cm (54 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Joseph P. Keithley by exchange