The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Nude Rising from Bed

1912

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
France
Oil on cardboard, mounted to panel
Unframed: 74.9 x 102.7 cm (29 1/2 x 40 7/16 in.)
Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 9.2020
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Unlike most artists, Bonnard did not ask his models to sit still; instead, he requested that they "live" in front of him.

Description

Bonnard's paintings of his wife Marthe, often depicted in intimate settings such as dressing or bathing, and filled with scintillating light and color, are among his great works.
  • Family of the artist
    Private Collection, Paris
    2017
    (Jill Newhouse LLC, New York, NY, October 6, 2017, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
    2017–
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 Aline and Marguerite Bowers, the nieces of Pierre Bonnard’s wife, Marthe de Méligny (born Maria Boursin; 1869–1942), inherited several paintings from the Bonnard estate after an extended legal battle with the Bonnard family.
    2 According to Jean Dauberville and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Œuvre Peint (Paris, 1966), vol. II, p. 274, cat. no. 713.
  • Pierre Bonnard; Exhibition, Nov. 9-Dec. 11, 1965. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1965. Reproduced: no. 10
    Dauberville, Jean, and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint. Paris, France: J. et H. Bernheim, 1966. Reproduced: Vol. II, P. 274, no. 713
    Bonnard. (Exposition septembre-15 novembre 1966). Basel, Switzerland: Galerie Beyeler Bâle, 1966. . Reproduced: no. 5
    Chapin, Mary Weaver. "Pierre Bonnard." In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 102-127. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 116-117; Mentioned: p. 254-257
  • Bonnard's Worlds. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (November 5, 2023-January 28, 2024); The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (March 2-June 2, 2024).
    Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Bonnard. Galerie Beyeler- Bâle, Basel, Switzerland (September-November 15, 1966).
    Pierre Bonnard. Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York, NY (November 9-December 11, 1965).
  • {{cite web|title=Nude Rising from Bed|url=false|author=Pierre Bonnard|year=1912|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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