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Le Voyeur [Sketch for _D'un Pays plus beau_ (Paris, 1910)]

Le Voyeur [Sketch for _D'un Pays plus beau_ (Paris, 1910)] by Pierre Bonnard

Medium

black crayon

Dimensions

image: 15.08 × 15.24 cm (5 15/16 × 6 in.) sheet: 17.78 × 17.15 cm (7 × 6 3/4 in.) irregular

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

Accession Number

2017.108.1

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...

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