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Mother and Child (Design for "Le petit solfège")
Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947)
about 1893
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and brush with black ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.2 x 9.4 cm (8 3/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund
Accession Number1991.699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionUnused design for Le Petit solfège illustré by Claude Terrasse, a children's song book, 1893 (begun 1891).
ProvenanceMay 10, 1962, anonymous sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, probably included in lot 27 [see note], to Peter Deitsch (dealer; b. 1925 - d. 1970) and Lucien Goldschmidt (dealer; b. 1912 - d. 1992), New York. 1991, sold by Jill Newhouse (dealer), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1991)
NOTE: This was a group of 72 watercolors, drawings, and sketches by Bonnard for "Le Petit Solfège".
NOTE: This was a group of 72 watercolors, drawings, and sketches by Bonnard for "Le Petit Solfège".