The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 23, 2024

Café Terrace

Café Terrace

1898
(French, 1867–1947)
33.8 x 44.5 cm (13 5/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Description

This view of a man and two children at a sidewalk café evokes mood and ambiance rather than describing a particular place or time. Such small city scenes humanized Paris and its anonymous inhabitants, suggesting intimate moments in their private lives.
  • Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., London. Sold in 1935 to Frank Hadley Ginn, Gates Mills, Ohio. Alexander Ginn, Gates Mills, Ohio. Given to the CMA in 1976.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 226 archive.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44-45, Vol. I, no. 16
    Brown, Heather Lemonedes. “The Nabi City.” In Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 222-261. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021. Mentioned: P. 233; Reproduced: P. 261, no. 180
  • Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 1-September 19, 2021); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (co-organizer) (October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022).
    Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).
    Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
    London, Lefevre Galleries. Pierre Bonnard (1935), no. 4, Terrasse de café.
    New York, Museum of Modern Art; cma. Pierre Bonnard (1948), not in catalogue but, according to labels, exhibited in both venues.
    CMA (organizer). Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
  • {{cite web|title=Café Terrace|url=false|author=Pierre Bonnard|year=1898|access-date=23 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1976.148