Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages

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

Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages

Pierre Bonnard

1895

Accession Number

2008.31.c

Medium

color lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 136.7 x 46.3 cm (53 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Image: 136.7 x 46.3 cm (53 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy and Joseph P. Keithley by exchange