About This Artwork
Pierre Bonnard
French, 1867-1947
Sketches for a Natural History (Histoires naturelles)c. 1904
Brush and black ink with red pastel offset on cream wove paper
499 x 319 mm
Bequest of William McCormick Blair, 1982.1826R
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art," December 2, 1989-February 2, 1990, pp. 74 (ill.), fig. 107, 75, 232, cat. 98; traveled to Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, February 25-April 29, 1990, and Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts, May 25-July 29, 1990.
Ownership History
Bequeathed by William McCormick Blair (1884-1982), Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1982.