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Still Life: Preparation for Lunch

A work made of gouache, with touches of watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of gouache, with touches of watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper.

Date:

1940

Artist:

Pierre Bonnard
French, 1867-1947

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pierre Bonnard

Title

Still Life: Preparation for Lunch

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1930–1947

Medium

Gouache, with touches of watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower left, in brush and purple gouache: "Bonnard"

Dimensions

49.9 × 65 cm (19 11/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1943.89

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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