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-Honoré Sagot, Paris (1857-1917) (not stamped, Lugt 2253-54); Maurice Le Garrec, Paris (Sagot’s son-in-law, Lugt 1766a); by descent; [C. G. Boerner, New York]; Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH
Accession Number
2008.31.a
Medium
color lithograph
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