Three Birds
1945-1946
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lithograph on yellow paper cut out and mounted on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 9.84 × 10.48 cm (3 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.) irregular; overall: 32.7 × 25.08 cm (12 7/8 × 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
2004.162.42
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...