1985.R.2 Pierre Bonnard, Still Life with Cherries


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NOTES
Entered provenance, exhibition history, and references from the most recent research document.

This and other Reves works that are framed bring up the question of how to communicate the value and import of frames visually, historically, and as artistic creations themselves. For example, notes from this object's accession include comments on the frame-- French, early Louis XIV running pattern, walnut with gilding (de cappé finish).

Added former titles: 
Cerises dans une Assiette (plate 1618 in  J. Dauberville and H. Dauberville, Bonnard: Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint, Vol. I, (Paris, 1965), 58.)
Le Cerises (title used by  Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ltd. (an art gallery), London

FUN FACTS- source-  ("Reves Collection outline," research notes, Dallas Museum of Art, education files.) 

Removed TMS tag because rule exists.

Provenance:
n.d.:  Arthur Jeffress, London
n.d.:  R. C. Cookson, London
1954-1957:  Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ltd. (an art gallery), London
1957-1985:  Wendy (1916-2007) and Emery Reves (1904-1918), Villa La Pausa, Roquebrune, France, purchased from the above, July 12, 1957
From 1985:  Dallas Museum of Art, gift from the above

Notes: 
The primary source for this provenance is J. Dauberville and H. Dauberville, Bonnard: Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint, Vol. I, (Paris, 1965), 58. 

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Geography
Place of origin: Le Cannet (inhabited place/France): TGN: 7009270

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Oil 
panel
wood

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Individuals

Subject terms
cherries
table
still life
yellow
red
viewpoint
flat
distortion

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FUN FACTS
  • When this painting was in Wendy and Emery Reves's home, Villa La Pausa, it resided on a small easel. This type of intimate, personal display developed in the 1860s and 1870s as a way to enable the private individual to inspect the surface of an artwork up close.

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General Description
   
Fun Facts
  • When this painting was in Wendy and Emery Reves's home, Villa La Pausa, it resided on a small easel. This type of intimate, personal display developed in the 1860s and 1870s as a way to enable the private individual to inspect the surface of an artwork up close.

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Notes
Entered provenance, exhibition history, and references from the most recent research document.

This and other Reves works that are framed bring up the question of how to communicate the value and import of frames visually, historically, and as artistic creations themselves. For example, notes from this object's accession include comments on the frame-- French, early Louis XIV running pattern, walnut with gilding (de cappé finish).

Added former titles: 
Cerises dans une Assiette (plate 1618 in  J. Dauberville and H. Dauberville, Bonnard: Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint, Vol. I, (Paris, 1965), 58.)
Le Cerises (title used by  Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ltd. (an art gallery), London

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still life: AAT: 300015638
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
tables (support furniture): AAT: 300039548
#routed
*European Art
red (color): AAT: 300126225
%copyedited_Jennie
distortion (visual and representational concepts): AAT: 300056332
flat (form attributes): AAT: 300010345
cherry (plant): AAT: 300375306
viewpoint (visual or representational concept): AAT: 300056365
Le Cannet (inhabited place/France): TGN: 7009270
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object_notes_2_c-0097.xml.nores