About this artwork
Bonnard was sometimes called the Nabi Japonard, or Japanese Nabi, because he used the asymmetrical composition,elevated viewpoint, and bold colors of japanese prints in his own work. Like Vuillard, Bonnard used children and his own family as favorite models for his early interiors. Attention here centers on the lamp, an example of Bonnard’s symbolist interest in the secret life of ordinary objects. As in Japanese composition, Bonnard constructs the space from several points of view, so that we seem to enter the picture from the position of the object.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Pierre Bonnard
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Title
- Child with Lamp
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1897
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Medium
- Lithograph printed in pink, green, brick red, blue, and orange on light gray chine
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Dimensions
- Image: 32 × 44.5 cm (12 5/8 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 41 × 57.2 cm (16 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Frank B. Hubachek
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Reference Number
- 1946.6
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Copyright
- © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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