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Woman with an Umbrella

1894

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
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Published by L'Estampeoriginale in the Album de la Revue blanche, 1895

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
color lithograph
Support
Beige (1) wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 32.1 x 25.1 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Image: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1992.338
Catalogue raisonné
Bouvet 33
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Maria Boursin—known as Marthe—became Bonnard’s romantic companion when they met in 1893 and eventually his wife in 1925. She was the model for this lithograph depicting a woman teetering up a stairway. The composition is devoid of background details; only the cobblestones and umbrella suggest the setting of a city street.
A vertically oriented color lithograph depicts a woman with light skin tone as a dark silhouette facing our right. She wears a high-collared black coat and a sketchy, textured black and white hat. A pink dab colors her cheek. Her right hand grasps the curved handle of a thin black umbrella angled down. Blotchy, granular ink fills her silhouette, while a small PB monogram floats in the upper left. Rough ink marks ground her feet.

Woman with an Umbrella

1894

Pierre Bonnard, Published by L'Estampeoriginale in the Album de la Revue blanche, 1895

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

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