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Pierre Bonnard

A Rainy Day at Le Cannet

1946

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  • Artist Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947)
  • Title A Rainy Day at Le Cannet
  • Date 1946
  • Medium Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions framed | 33 3/4 x 37 5/8 x 3 in.
    unframed | 22 7/8 x 26 13/16 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil, 1973
  • Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
  • Object number WU 4509

Modernism at Midstream: From Europe to America and Back Again
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/04/1983 - 11/06/1983

The Centennial Exhibition
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/15/1981 - 10/11/1981

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Contemporary European Paintings and Sculpture from a St. Louis Private Collection
Saint Louis Art Museum, 08/01/1955 - 08/29/1955

1973
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Weil, St. Louis

Inscription [LR, in white blue paint:] Bonnard

Inscription [WU label on backing]

Inscription [on verso at UL of stretcher] [handwritten in pencil on canvas tape:] E7664.2

Inscription [on verso at UL of stretcher] [pencil marks partially obscured by canvas:] 0/

Inscription [on verso at LL of stretcher] [handwritten in pencil] L

Inscription [on verso at LL of stretcher] [round stamp in black ink, partially obscured by canvas:] + / 06 - [more numerals could be obscured by canvas, numbers could be 66, also could be upside down (90 or 99)] / [illegible mark]

Inscription [on verso at center of center bar of stretcher] [handwritten parallel to the crossbar in orange wax pencil:] 15+ [t?] 6 [upside down at bottom of center stretcher:] 58x68

Inscription [on verso below orange crayon in same orientation] [off-color white rectangular label with blue printing] [left side:] N? / SS [right side in black type:] PIERRE BONNARD [underlined] / Jour de Pluie au / Cannet / Painted 1946 / 27" x 23"

Inscription [on verso upside down on LC of stretcher] [off-color white label with black printing:] 22 bis, Rue de Paradis - PARIS-X [superscript e] / FINE ART DEPNT / [handwritten in dark blue ink:] SS [or 55?]/84-

Inscription [on verso at UR of stretcher] [off-color white label with blue printing] [written in script in pencil:] Cannes / [written in brown ink:] 1621

Inscription [on verso at CR of stretcher] [illegible blue marks partially obscured by stretcher]

Inscription [on verso at LR of stretcher] [written in black marker:] wu 4509

Inscription [on verso at LR of stretcher] [pencil marks partially obscured by canvas:] 60/[?]

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