Lot Essay
The final version of the present work, Premier printemps au village (1912; Dauberville, no. 718), has been in the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow since 1948.
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Etudes de personnages pour Le Printemps
Details
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Etudes de personnages pour Le Printemps
stamped with signature 'Bonnard' (lower left)
oil over pencil on canvas
28¾ x 39 in. (73 x 99.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1912
Etudes de personnages pour Le Printemps
stamped with signature 'Bonnard' (lower left)
oil over pencil on canvas
28¾ x 39 in. (73 x 99.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1912
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Private collection, Geneva (circa 1985).
Private collection, Geneva (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 10 December 2008, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Geneva (circa 1985).
Private collection, Geneva (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 10 December 2008, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. and H. Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1974, vol. IV, p. 330, no. 02025 (illustrated).