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Series Title: Some Scenes of Parisian Life

Bridge

1899

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
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Published by Ambroise Vollard; Printed by Auguste Clot

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Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream (1) china paper
Measurements
Sheet: 40.9 x 53.3 cm (16 1/8 x 21 in.); Image: 27 x 41 cm (10 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1948.156.9
Catalogue raisonné
Bouvet 66
Edition
100
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This suite of color lithographs collected Pierre Bonnard’s observations of city life, ranging from animated street scenes to distant observations glimpsed from the artist’s Montmartre studio window. Rather than memorializing the famous monuments of Paris, Bonnard preferred to depict small neighborhood scenes populated by urbanites shopping and strolling and by vendors selling their wares. The setting for one of the prints is the second-largest public park in Paris, the Bois de Boulogne, which was a popular place for families to relax, stroll, and enjoy carriage rides around the lakes. Two prints are nocturnal scenes in which gaslight emanating from shop windows is reflected on the wet streets, creating passages of bright yellow in the otherwise dark compositions. Bonnard’s favorite subjects, such as the Parisienne—a young, fashionable, modern woman—as well as children and dogs, appear repeatedly throughout the prints in the suite.
A horizontally oriented lithograph in muted brown and warm yellow depicts a gestural street scene. Across the upper half, a line of horse-drawn omnibuses moves toward our right. To the right, a cluster of figures in dark coats and hats walks along a diagonal path. On our left, sketchy lines with small yellow dots suggest a table with glasses beside a curved railing. Grainy textures define the vast, light-toned foreground.

Bridge

1899

Pierre Bonnard, Published by Ambroise Vollard; Printed by Auguste Clot

(French, 1867–1947)
France, 19th century

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