La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel

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Maker


1867-1947

Title

La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel

Date of Production

1922

Dimensions

Height: 57 cm (canvas)
Width: 47 cm (canvas)

Object Number

LP.1997.XX.9

Mode of Acquisition

Private collection, loan, 1997

Credit

Private Collection. On long-term loan to the Courtauld Gallery, London

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

  • Pont du Carousel

Label Text

This view from Pont Royal looks towards Pont du Carrousel, one of the earliest cast
iron bridges in Paris and a modern innovation when it was unveiled in 1834. The towers and
spire of Notre-Dame Cathedral are also visible in the distance. Pierre Bonnard had painted this same view almost twenty years earlier, but this work is distinguished by its sumptuous palette of mauve, yellow and pink. Bonnard’s admiration for Japanese prints is conveyed in his flattened, decorative use of colour.

Provenance

Dr Arthur Kauffmann (Frankfurt/London) (d.1983); private collection

Literature

J & H Dauberville, Bonnard, III, 1973, No. 1119, p.118

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