Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Le Faune
signed and dated 'Bonnard 99' (lower left)
oil and charcoal on cradled panel
16 ½ x 13 5/8 in. (40.9 x 34.5 cm.)
Painted in 1899
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Le Faune
signed and dated 'Bonnard 99' (lower left)
oil and charcoal on cradled panel
16 ½ x 13 5/8 in. (40.9 x 34.5 cm.)
Painted in 1899
Galerie Druet, Paris. Galerie Marigny, Paris. Acquired from the above by the late owners, by 1966.
J.A. Simon and L.D. Rosenfeld, A Century of Artists' Letters: Notes to Family, Friends, and Dealers—Delacroix to Léger, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2004, p. 34 (illustrated in color; dated 1896).
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, La peinture française: Collections américaines, May-September 1966, p. 77, no. 83 (titled Le Petit Faune).
Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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