Pierre Bonnard
Seated Nude
1908
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Pierre Bonnard
Seated Nude
1908
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (55.6 x 70.5 cm.)
Frame: 33 1/2 x 39 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Sol and Eleanor R. Kann, Eccleston, Maryland
Object Number
1957.96
In 1908, Bonnard moved away from his earlier style toward
a more impressionistic and atmospheric feeling for light and nature.
At this time he focused his attention on the subject of the female
nude, which was to remain a central motif throughout his late work.
The female figure, probably his wife Marthe, is seemingly unaware
of the viewer, caught in a quiet moment. Shimmering light fills the
room, and Bonnard’s exploration of color and atmosphere are seen
at their finest.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1957; through Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kann, Baltimore, from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York; from a private collector, Geneva
Musée Rath, Geneva, "Trésors des Collections Romandes", June 26-October 3, 1954, no. 55.
