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Pierre BONNARD (1867–1947)
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Pierre BONNARD (1867–1947)
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Estimate €550,000 - €750,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Pierre BONNARD (1867–1947)
The Little Window – 1946
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right ‘Bonnard’, inscribed on the reverse ‘TO MADELEINE / TERRASSE’
59 cm x 44 cm
Provenance:
Formerly in the Charles Terrasse collection, Paris
Madeleine Terrasse collection, Paris
Alexis Pentcheff Gallery, Marseille
Acquired from the gallery by the current owner on 15 April 2022
Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection
Exhibitions:
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Pierre Bonnard, May–July 1955, no. 97, p. 30
Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Bonnard, August–September 1955, no. 43, p. 32 (according to a label on the reverse)
Munich, Haus der Kunst München, Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Centenary of the Birth of Pierre Bonnard, October 1966 – April 1967, no. 155, reproduced (according to a label on the reverse)
Marcq-en-Baroeul, Anne and Albert Prouvost Foundation, Bonnard, April–July 1978, no. 44
Colmar, Musée d’Unterlinden, Focus on an Acquisition: Bonnard, June–September 1982, no. 35 (according to a label on the reverse)
London, Hayward Gallery; Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, ‘Bonnard at Le Bosquet’, June–October 1994, no. 58, reproduced on p. 109 (according to a label on the reverse)
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Pierre Bonnard, Paris, May–July 1995, no. 50, reproduced (according to a label on the reverse)
Nice, Musée Matisse, Bonnard–Matisse: A Friendship, June–October 1996 (according to a label on the reverse)
Washington, The Phillips Collection, Denver, Denver Art Museum, Pierre Bonnard: Early and Late, September 2002 – May 2003, no. 133, p. 241, reproduced in colour on p. 275
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, ‘Bonnard and Le Cannet: In the Light of the Mediterranean’, June–September 2011, no. 55, p. 154, reproduced in colour on p. 116
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, ‘Bonnard, Le Cannet: A Natural Fit’, July–November 2020, no. 38, reproduced in colour on the cover and p. 103
Laren, Singer Laren, *La Grande Bleue*, *Painters of the Mediterranean*, September 2023 – January 2024, reproduced on pp. 102–103
Aix-en-Provence, Hôtel de Caumont, art centre, ‘Bonnard and Japan’, April–October 2024, no. 111, reproduced in colour on p. 12 (detail) and p. 166
Bibliography:
*Nouveau Fémina-Illustration*, March 1956, reproduced on p. 81
J. and H. Dauberville, *Bonnard*, catalogue raisonné of paintings 1940–1947, Volume IV and Supplement 1887–1939, Bernheim Jeune, Paris, 1974, no. 1675, reproduced in black and white on p. 93
C. Chicha-Castex, A. Lévêque, V. Serrano, *Pierre Bonnard: Day by Day – Diaries 1927–1946*, L’atelier contemporain, Nancy, 2019, reproduced on p. 266
Certificate:
A certificate from Mr Pierre Vernon may be issued at the purchaser’s request.
Commentary:
Oil on canvas; signed lower right, dedicated on the reverse; 23 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.
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About the sale
The Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/24/2026 at 4:00 PM
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