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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Nude in Bathtub

Nude in Bathtub

1912
(French, 1867–1947)
France, 20th century
graphite on beige wove paper
Sheet: 17.4 x 22.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.124
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Pierre Bonnard realized more than ten versions of this composition over the course of just under a decade.

Description

This drawing by Pierre Bonnard relates to a painting completed the same year depicting a woman bathing herself while crouched in a small tub. Both works belong to a series begun around 1908 in which the artist depicted his longtime partner, Marthe, cleaning herself, emphasizing each scene's intimacy and introspection. In this sketch, Bonnard focused on the dramatic contrast provided by natural light, which highlights his subject's back and thigh.
  • ?-by 2008
    Terrasse collection, Paris
    2008-2020
    Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    2020-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Nude in Bathtub|url=false|author=Pierre Bonnard|year=1912|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.124