Lot #323: PIERRE BONNARD - La Revue Blanche - Original color lithograph

   

Artist: Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867 - 1947).
Title: "La Revue Blanche".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1894. Printed 1927.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 x 7 7/16 in. (254 x 189 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate and dated, upper right, center left; stamped verso. Edition of 200. Cream wove paper. Ample margins. Fine impression and coloring. Very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Francis Bouvet, “Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work” #30, for the full-sized lithograph poster. Provenance: Ex-collection Marty Gordon (the legendary print dealer), Martin Gordon, Inc., New York City, his handstamp verso. Comment(s): The poster’s strange form upper right, apparently following the young woman, is in fact a man, seen from behind, an opera hat on his head and coat collar turned up, reading the poster for the “Revue” on the wall. This scarce print was authorized by Bonnard, printed under the immediate supervision of Charles Terrasse (Bonnard’s nephew) by D. Jacomet & Cie, Paris, and published by Henri Floury, Paris. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29360-1-400]