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Family Scene

1893

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
publisher

L'Estampe Originale

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
color lithograph on beige wove paper
Support
Beige wove paper
Measurements
Image: 28.8 x 19.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 56.5 x 43.5 cm (22 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.150
Catalogue raisonné
Bouvet 4
Edition
100
Impression
22
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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The embossed mark below the lower left corner of this print indicates that it was included in L'Estampe Originale, a monthly luxury publication during the 1890s that featured original prints.

Description

Pierre Bonnard favored domestic scenes, often focusing on the intimacy of family life. This early lithograph is one of several that he made depicting his sister Andrée and her infant son Jean, born the year before. Bonnard included himself in the image at lower right, gazing at his nephew. The awkward cropping of the figures of the artist and his sister, along with the flat planes of color throughout the image, suggest the influence of Japanese woodblock prints on Bonnard during this period.
A vertically oriented color lithograph depicts three figures with light skin tones on beige paper. Centered, a baby in white cloth looks downward. Above, a woman in a patterned red and brown dress faces left in profile. Below, another adult with glasses and reddish-brown hair faces left, wearing a solid red garment. Muted green and brown foliage fills the background, and a small embossed seal marks the lower left margin.

Family Scene

1893

Pierre Bonnard, L'Estampe Originale

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

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