Lot #1434: PIERRE BONNARD - Toilette - Original drypoint

   

Artist: Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867 - 1947).
Title: "Toilette".
Medium: Original drypoint.
Date: Composed 1927. Printed 1927.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 7 13/16 in. (257 x 198 mm). Image size: 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (219 x 159 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $500/600
Lot Note(s): Stamped lower right; signed with the initials in the plate, lower center; stamped verso. Cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression with good plate tone and pronounced platemark. Very good condition; crease upper right corner, not into image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Francis Bouvet, “Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work” #107; Terrasse/Floury 59. Provenance: Ex-collection Marty Gordon (the legendary print dealer), Martin Gordon, Inc., New York City, his handstamp verso.
Comment(s): Scarce. This print was authorized by Bonnard, printed under the immediate supervision of Charles Terrasse (Bonnard’s nephew) by D. Jacomet & Cie, Paris, and published by Henri Floury, Paris. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. [29368-1-400-NA]