Loading
Family Scene
Pierre Bonnard1893
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
Show lessRead more
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: Family Scene
- Creator: Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947), L'Estampe Originale
- Date Created: 1893
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: (Mark Rosen Fine Art, New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH), Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.150
- Medium: color lithograph on beige wove paper
- Inscriptions: signed and inscribed, lower right, in graphite: no. 22 / P. Bonnard, at lower left: blind stamp of L’Estampe Originale, in pencil on recto, lower right: "No. 6 (?)/P. Bonnard (signed)"
- Fun Fact: The embossed mark below the lower left corner of this print indicates that it was included in <em>L'Estampe Originale</em>, a monthly luxury publication during the 1890s that featured original prints.
- Edition of Work: 100
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 2020.150
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
