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PROPERTY FROM THE JACQUELINE AND PIERRE SIMON COLLECTION
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Le Faune
Details
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Le Faune
signed and dated 'Bonnard 99' (lower left)
oil and charcoal on cradled panel
16 ½ x 13 5/8 in. (40.9 x 34.5 cm.)
Painted in 1899
Le Faune
signed and dated 'Bonnard 99' (lower left)
oil and charcoal on cradled panel
16 ½ x 13 5/8 in. (40.9 x 34.5 cm.)
Painted in 1899
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris.
Galerie Marigny, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, by 1966.
Galerie Marigny, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, by 1966.
Literature
J.A. Simon and L.D. Rosenfeld, A Century of Artists' Letters: Notes to Family, Friends, and Dealers—Delacroix to Léger, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2004, p. 34 (illustrated in color; dated 1896).
Exhibited
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, La peinture française: Collections américaines, May-September 1966, p. 77, no. 83 (titled Le Petit Faune).
Further Details
Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville have confirmed the authenticity of this work.