1985.R.5 Pierre Bonnard, The Street in Winter


GENERAL DESCRIPTION    
In a tightly staged vignette of a Parisian street, young and old alike hurry along the pavement, their shoulders hunched in heavy coats against the winter air. In the foreground, two bourgeois men, whose class is signaled by their top hats, seem to be in a conversation (or perhaps a negotiation) with a young woman. Although Pierre Bonnard shows us only a partial glimpse of this woman, he suggests by her brightly made-up face and forthright stare that she might be a prostitute plying her trade on the cold winter street.

Although the Nabi artists are known for their intense exploration of domestic environments and interiors, they were also fascinated by the heterogeneous public spaces of Paris. In the early 1890s, Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, and Maurice Denis shared a studio in Montmartre near Pigalle Boulevard, and it may well have been in that bustling area that Bonnard observed the varied cast of types he gathers here.

Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2014.

NOTES
Added current label copy as text entry.

Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy (1985.R.5) for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," October 2014.

Added former titles: Dans la Rue; La Rue en Hiver

Emailed BMac to correct the current public notes citation. 

Removed TMS tag because rule exists.

Note- the essay that currently apepars as public notes will now appear as the Catagloue Essay- Bonnard's "Street in Winter."

This is one of many examples where the TMS record has a research document attached (usually from Emily Vokt, 2001) but there is a more recent version of this research document in the object file. I added a note to the object file stating that all information from the most recent document has been entered into TMS.  

Until 1908:  Thadée Natanson (1868-1951), Paris
1908-1941:  Félix Fénéon (1861-1944), Paris, purchased from Thadée Natanson sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 13, 1908, no. 7
1941-1962:  Baronne Blanc, Milan and Rome, purchased from Félix Fénéon sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1941, no. 34, pl. VIII, (illus.) 
Until 1985:  Wendy (1916-2007) and Emery Reves (1904-1918), Villa La Pausa, Roquebrune, France
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), 121.

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Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Depicted location: Montmartre (Paris/France): TGN: 7013286
Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038

Process/materials
Oil on panel

Historical periods

Individuals
Thadée Natanson
Félix Fénéon

Subject terms
cityscape
scale
top hat
street
pedestrians
winter
foreground
prostitute
studio
muff
elderly
boy
poodles
couple
back view
men
composition
La Revue Balnche
Nabis
window
shutter
yellow 
black

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General Description
   
In a tightly staged vignette of a Parisian street, young and old alike hurry along the pavement, their shoulders hunched in heavy coats against the winter air. In the foreground, two bourgeois men, whose class is signaled by their top hats, seem to be in a conversation (or perhaps a negotiation) with a young woman. Although Pierre Bonnard shows us only a partial glimpse of this woman, he suggests by her brightly made-up face and forthright stare that she might be a prostitute plying her trade on the cold winter street.

Although the Nabi artists are known for their intense exploration of domestic environments and interiors, they were also fascinated by the heterogeneous public spaces of Paris. In the early 1890s, Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, and Maurice Denis shared a studio in Montmartre near Pigalle Boulevard, and it may well have been in that bustling area that Bonnard observed the varied cast of types he gathers here.

Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2014.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 

Notes
Added current label copy as text entry.

Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy (1985.R.5) for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," October 2014.

Added former titles: Dans la Rue; La Rue en Hiver

Emailed BMac to correct the current public notes citation. 

Removed TMS tag because rule exists.

Note- the essay that currently apepars as public notes will now appear as the Catagloue Essay- Bonnard's "Street in Winter."

This is one of many examples where the TMS record has a research document attached (usually from Emily Vokt, 2001) but there is a more recent version of this research document in the object file. I added a note to the object file stating that all information from the most recent document has been entered into TMS.  

Until 1908:  Thadée Natanson (1868-1951), Paris
1908-1941:  Félix Fénéon (1861-1944), Paris, purchased from Thadée Natanson sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 13, 1908, no. 7
1941-1962:  Baronne Blanc, Milan and Rome, purchased from Félix Fénéon sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1941, no. 34, pl. VIII, (illus.) 
Until 1985:  Wendy (1916-2007) and Emery Reves (1904-1918), Villa La Pausa, Roquebrune, France
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), 121.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Depicted location: Montmartre (Paris/France): TGN: 7013286
Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038

Process/materials
Oil on panel

Historical periods

Individuals
Thadée Natanson
Félix Fénéon

Subject terms
cityscape
scale
top hat
street
pedestrians
winter
foreground
prostitute
studio
muff
elderly
boy
poodles
couple
back view
men
composition
La Revue Balnche
Nabis
window
shutter
yellow 
black

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