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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
Lot 52 FRENCH IMPRESSIONS: PRINTS FROM AMBROISE VOLLARD AND HENRI M. PETIET

PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)

L’Enfant à la lampe

Closed28 October 2023

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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
L’Enfant à la lampe
lithograph in colors, on Chine, circa 1897, signed in pencil, from the edition of 100, printed by Auguste Clot, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, with full margins
Image: 13 x 18 1⁄8 in. (330 x 460 mm.)
‌Sheet: 17 x 22 3⁄8 in. (431 x 568 mm.)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).

Specialist note

Throughout the 1890s, lamplight was a common theme Bonnard used to suggest the physical and emotional shelter provided by the home. Family life after dark tended to be concentrated around a table lit by an oil or kerosene lamp. The face of the child is illuminated by the light source in a manner that recalls the dramatic stage lighting of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters. In Bonnard’s scene however, the atmosphere is one of quiet absorption.