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Nude Rising from Bed

1912

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)

France

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

not on view

Fun Fact

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed with stamp lower left: Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

French painter, 1867-1947
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

1 Aline 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.
2 According 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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/9.2020