A Woman with Her Head Tilted to the Side
1924
Medium
pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper (envelope printed with "GARAGE DE LA GARE," Cannes, return address)
Dimensions
sheet: 14.6 x 11.4 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession Number
2009.70.47.a-b
About the Artist
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) was a French painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Post-Impressionist movement and a founding member of Les Nabis. Born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, Bonnard initially studied law at his father's insistence, graduating and briefly practicing as a barrister in 1888. However, his true passion lay in art, and he had simultaneously at...