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Sale 1232
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Estimate$5,000 – $7,000
The present lot depicts a young girl dancing and singing in the street, of whom Bonnard conceived a painting during the same period.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Kyra Gerard and Alfred Ayrton, London, by 1972
Private Collection, United States
J.P.L. Fine Arts, London
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner, 1987
Exhibited:
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Bonnard, November 18, 1971 - January 23, 1972, no. 34, illus. (as La Piccola Danzatrice)
Turin, Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna, Bonnard, January 31 - February 27, 1972 (as La petite danseuse)
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire Genève, Dessins de Pierre Bonnard, Collection Alfred Ayrton, April 8 - September 24, 1976, no. 10 (as La petite danseuse)
New York, The American Federation of Arts, Bonnard, Drawings from 1893-1946, October 1972 - October 1974, no. 8, illus. (a circulating exhibition)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Drawings by Bonnard, Exhibition of 114 works from the collection of Alfred Ayrton, May 27 - July 29, 1984, no. 8, p. 25, illus. (at Nottingham Castle Museum and other locations through November 1985)
Framed: 18 x 17 inches.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; sheet is hinged to back mat on upper left corner verso, with all other hinges detached; one tape remnant each on lower left and right corners verso; one brown tape remnant on upper right corner; previous repair visible in lower left corner, approximately 1" x 1", accompanied by whitish residue; faint impressions and toning from mat edge along image perimeter; small brown stains scattered throughout, with most visible stain in lower left corner, to left of figure; moderate horizontal waviness from handling throughout; small loss to sheet in center left edge; vertical crease extending along left side. Please request additional images.
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Madalina Lazen
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