Aug 06, 2014 - Sale 2356

Sale 2356 - Lot 283

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947) LA REVUE BLANCHE. 1894.
30 3/4x24 1/4 inches, 78x61 1/2 cm. Edw. Ancourt, Paris.
Condition B+: creases and light rippling in margin and image; darkened and faded overall. Framed.
The intriguing image, from the "beguiling sloe-eyed Parisienne," to the "impertinent neckerchiefed newsboy," to the "top-hatted figure bent over the newsstand behind [them]," . . . is one of Bonnard's "most audacious graphic designs" (Ives p. 105ff). Maitres pl. 38, DFP-II 77, Word & Image p. 26, Modern Poster p. 8, Abdy p. 93, Maindron p. 41, Meisterplakate 14, Maitres 1900 p. 47, Bouvet 30.