Pierre Bonnard
Nude in a Bathroom, 1930, c.
Red chalk on buff paper
48.9 x 31.4 cm
19 1/4 x 12 3/8 in
19 1/4 x 12 3/8 in
Copyright The Artist
This intimate depiction of a nude woman just finishing her bath is thematically related to what Timothy Hyman has called “arguably [Bonnard’s] culminating achievement,” his much celebrated series of Baignoires...
This intimate depiction of a nude woman just finishing her bath is thematically related to what Timothy Hyman has called “arguably [Bonnard’s] culminating achievement,” his much celebrated series of Baignoires (Bonnard, London, 1998, p. 190). In particular, our drawing has points of contact with a number of the artist’s nude women near a bath tub. In all likelihood, the bather is Maria (called “Marthe”) Boursin (1869-1942), Bonnard’s longtime mistress and model whom he married in 1925.
Provenance
The Artist's Estate
Private Collection, 1963
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