About the Artwork
La lettre
ca. 1925
Pierre Bonnard (Artist) French, 1867-1947 Edmond Frapier (Publisher) French
Lithograph printed in black ink on china paper
Image: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.1 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 1/2 inches (32.4 × 49.5 cm)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker
F81.428
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Markings
Signed on stone, lower left: PB in pencil, lower right: P. Bonnard
Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, lower left: La LeTTRE/15361 Inscribed, lower right: RM 85ii/ii LA 900987 Inscribed, on mat, lower right: LA 900987/414
Drystamp, lower right corner: GALERIE DES PEINTRES- GRAVEURS, PARIS (Lugt Suppl. 1057b) Stamps, in black ink, on sheet, lower left corner: [both E. Frapier] (Lugt Suppl. 2921d and 2921b)
Provenance
November 1961, (Garelick's Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA);November 1961-1981, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Rouir, E. "Lithographs by Bonnard." Print Collector 3 (July-August 1973): p. 18 (fig. 11).
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Pierre Bonnard, La lettre, ca. 1925, lithograph printed in black ink on china paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker, F81.428.
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