The Bath, Second Version (Le Bain [deuxième planche])

Pierre Bonnard

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Here, Pierre Bonnard employs the high vantage point and candid, unidealized approach to the female nude pioneered by his compatriot Degas. Bonnard, however, presents his bather frontally, seated in a full-length bathtub, a luxury not found in many French homes during Degas’s time. His model was his wife, Marthe, whose skin malady required long soaks.

Caption

Pierre Bonnard French, 1867–1947. The Bath, Second Version (Le Bain [deuxième planche]), ca. 1925. Lithograph on laid China paper, Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (36.5 x 27 cm) Image: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 74.35. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.35_SL3.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

European Art

Title

The Bath, Second Version (Le Bain [deuxième planche])

Date

ca. 1925

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Lithograph on laid China paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (36.5 x 27 cm) Image: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33 x 22.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Bonnard" lower left in stone

Credit Line

Designated Purchase Fund

Accession Number

74.35

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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