Still Life: Preparation for Lunch by Pierre Bonnard
Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Preparation for Lunch

Pierre Bonnard · 1940

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. David-Weill, Paris [Paris 1976]. Sold by Valentine Dudensing, New York, to the Art Institute, 1943.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Decatur, Art Center, "Masterpieces of European and American Art," March 4–25, 1945, p. 4, cat. 1.
  • Museum of Modern Art, "Pierre Bonnard," May 11–September 6, 1948, p. 124 (ill.), cat. 92; traveled to the Cleveland Museum of Art, March 3–April 11, 1948.
  • New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 150.
  • Palm Beach, Fla., Society of Four Arts, "Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," January 5–27, 1974, cat. 2.
  • Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 78 (ill.).
  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 164-165, cat. 79 (ill.).
  • London, Hayward Gallery, "Bonnard at Le Bosquet," June 23–August 29, 1994, pp. 81 (ill.), cat. 36, 128; traveled to Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, September 9–October 30, 1994.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio", September 17, 2022 - January 16, 2023.

Literature

Published references

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1952), n.p. (ill.).
  • Charles Terrasse, “Le Dessin de Bonnard,” L’Œil 167 (November 1968), n.p.
  • Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979).

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