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Feb 11, 2020

Nude Rising from Bed

Nude Rising from Bed

1912

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)

Oil on cardboard, mounted to panel

Unframed: 74.9 x 102.7 cm (29 1/2 x 40 7/16 in.)

Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 9.2020

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Location

On view at:

Kimbell Art Museum,
Nov 5, 2023 - Jan 28, 2024

Did you know?

Unlike most artists, Bonnard did not ask his models to sit still; instead, he requested that they "live" in front of him.

Description

Bonnard's paintings of his wife Marthe, often depicted in intimate settings such as dressing or bathing, and filled with scintillating light and color, are among his great works.

Artist biography

Pierre Bonnard

French painter, 1867-1947

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed with stamp lower left: Bonnard

Provenance

Family of the artist ¹

Private Collection, Paris ²

2017

(Jill Newhouse LLC, New York, NY, October 6, 2017, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)

2017–

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art

Provenance Footnotes

¹Aline and Marguerite Bowers, the nieces of Pierre Bonnard’s wife, Marthe de Méligny (born Maria Boursin; 1869–1942), inherited several paintings from the Bonnard estate after an extended legal battle with the Bonnard family.

²According to Jean Dauberville and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Œuvre Peint (Paris, 1966), vol. II, p. 274, cat. no. 713.

Citations

Pierre Bonnard; Exhibition, Nov. 9-Dec. 11, 1965. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1965. Reproduced: no. 10

Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint. Paris, France: J. et H. Bernheim, 1966. Reproduced: Vol. II, P. 274, no. 713

Bonnard. (Exposition septembre-15 novembre 1966). Basel, Switzerland: Galerie Beyeler Bâle, 1966. . Reproduced: no. 5

Exhibition history

Pierre Bonnard. Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York, NY (November 9-December 11, 1965).

Bonnard. Galerie Beyeler- Bâle, Basel, Switzerland (September-November 15, 1966).

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

Bonnard's Worlds. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (November 5, 2023-January 28, 2024); The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (March 2-June 2, 2024).

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See also

Collection:

Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960

Department:

Modern European Painting and Sculpture

Type of artwork:

Medium:

Oil on cardboard, mounted to panel

Credit line:

Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley

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