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PIERRE BONNARD Hand Signed Lithograph 1925 Rare Impressionism

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PIERRE BONNARD Hand Signed Lithograph 1925 Rare Impressionism
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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
(French)

Title: Nude Study / Etude de Nu, circa 1925

Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph on Arches paper

Paper Size: 49.6 x 32.5 cm / 19.5 x 12.7 in

Image Size: 31 x 19 cm / 12.2 x 7.4 in

Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Bonnard" at the lower right margin.
It was printed in circa 1925 in a very small edition of 25 signed and numbered impressions in black. There were also 10 impressions in Sanguine.
The lithograph was published by Edmond Frapier and the paper is stamped with his dry-stamp "Galerie des Peintures-Gravures, Paris" at the lower right corner of the paper.
The lithographs Bonnard created in 1925 for Edmond Frapier awere closely assosiated with paintings Bonnard painted in this period. Our lithograph can be linked to Bonnard's "Nude raising left arm" of the same period.

Literature: Francis Bouvet, 1981. Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work, New York
Reference: Bouvet 97

Condition: Very Good condition. Discoloration of the paper at the margins due to a previous frame. Some light foxing.