Burial of the Dog
1924
Medium
etching in black on wove paper, touched with graphite [proof]
Dimensions
plate: 29.4 x 23.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 32.5 x 25.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2004.162.12
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...