GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Awkwardly seated, the woman seems unaware of the viewer's presence as she focuses on washing herself. Bathing has long been a favorite narrative for the depiction of the nude, but this woman is not the artfully posed, disrobing goddess. Rather, she turns from us, bent unflatteringly, to scrub her foot. By flattening the image and matching the color of the walls to her skin tone, Pierre Bonnard merges the figure and background. He believed that nature could be distorted and simplified to achieve beauty through patterns.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2008.
NOTES
Questionable medium- "Lithograph printed in nine colors." This appears to be taken directly from teh catalogue raisonné but could be changed to be "Color lithograph" to match other object records?
Added the following information: edition of 1000, printed for the cover of a recital program by Maurice Chevalier in Cannes, August 14, 1942.
Provenance (not public)
Before 2000: Alfred and Juanita Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 2000: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift from the above [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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Place of origin: Le Cannet (inhabited place/France): TGN: 7009270
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Historical periods
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wall paper
ceramic tile
bathtub
nude
woman
bathing
water
feet
back view
patterns
pink
yellow
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WEB RESOURCES
- Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art (1989)~Read or download this exhibition catalogue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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General Description
Awkwardly seated, the woman seems unaware of the viewer's presence as she focuses on washing herself. Bathing has long been a favorite narrative for the depiction of the nude, but this woman is not the artfully posed, disrobing goddess. Rather, she turns from us, bent unflatteringly, to scrub her foot. By flattening the image and matching the color of the walls to her skin tone, Pierre Bonnard merges the figure and background. He believed that nature could be distorted and simplified to achieve beauty through patterns.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2008.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art (1989)~Read or download this exhibition catalogue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Notes
Questionable medium- "Lithograph printed in nine colors." This appears to be taken directly from teh catalogue raisonné but could be changed to be "Color lithograph" to match other object records?
Added the following information: edition of 1000, printed for the cover of a recital program by Maurice Chevalier in Cannes, August 14, 1942.
Provenance (not public)
Before 2000: Alfred and Juanita Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 2000: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift from the above [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Le Cannet (inhabited place/France): TGN: 7009270
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
wall paper
ceramic tile
bathtub
nude
woman
bathing
water
feet
back view
patterns
pink
yellow
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
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