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The Light and Color of Pierre Bonnard

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 30 December 2020 - 14:30 (CET) - 73, boulevard de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes

Pierre Bonnards perfect mastery of light and shimmering colors allowed him to evoke the mood of a place better than anyone else. Here the “painter of happiness” offers us a little piece of paradise.

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Table dans un jardin (Table in a Garden), 1908, signed... The Light and Color of Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Table dans un jardin (Table in a Garden), 1908, signed oil on canvas, 39 x 44 cm (15.36 x 17.33 in).
Estimate: €140,000/160,000

This painting has a perfectly clear provenance. It passed through the collection of famous Impressionist art dealer Ambroise Vollard and the Bernheim-Jeune gallery in Paris before being bought by its current owners at a 1971 auction in London. It appears on…
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Wednesday 30 December 2020 - 14:30 (CET) - Live
73, boulevard de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes
Besch Cannes Auction