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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
L’Enfant à la lampe
lithograph in colors, on Chine, circa 1897, signed in pencil, from the edition of 100, printed by Auguste Clot, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, with full margins
Image: 13 x 1818 in. (330 x 460 mm.)
‌Sheet: 17 x 2238 in. (431 x 568 mm.)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).
Literature
Roger-Marx 43; Bouvet 43
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Lot Essay

Throughout the 1890s, lamplight was a common theme Bonnard used to suggest the physical and emotional shelter provided by the home. Family life after dark tended to be concentrated around a table lit by an oil or kerosene lamp. The face of the child is illuminated by the light source in a manner that recalls the dramatic stage lighting of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters. In Bonnard’s scene however, the atmosphere is one of quiet absorption.

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