Bouquet de cheminee (also known as Fleurs sur une cheminee) 1913

PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947, French)

Bouquet de cheminee (also known as Fleurs sur une cheminee) 1913

oil on canvas
81.5 x 53.5 cm
signed lower right: Bonnard

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1913
Jacques Canonne, Paris
Tableaux mondernes appartenant a\xA0 M.J.C., Hotel Drouot, Paris, 5 June 1942, lot 4
Private collection, Paris
Mr & Mrs William Goetz, Los Angeles, acquired by 1949
Christie's, New York, 14 November 1988, lot 14
Private collection, Mexico City
Private collection, New York
Menzies Art Brands Pty Ltd, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 September 2008, lot 35
Private collection, Sydney and Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 15 December 2010, lot 35
Property of a business partnership, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 13 September 2012, lot 35
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Modern French Masters, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, 1952, cat.3 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William Goetz, California, Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco, 1959, cat.5 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
Living with Famous Paintings, National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles, 1961
Bonnard and his Environment, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, Chicago, 1964-65, cat.22 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
Selected Paintings from the Collection of Mr and Mrs William Goetz, City National Bank, Los Angeles, 1967, cat.17 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:
The Modern House of Mr. and Mrs. William Goetz in Hollywood', Vogue, 15 April 1949 (illus. p.95)
Frankfurter, A.M., 'The Goetz Collection', Art News, September 1951, p.56
Dauberville, J. & H., Bonnard: Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuve peint, Paris, 1968, vol.II, cat.776 (illus. p.320)

Related Works:
Interieur avec des fleurs (Interior with Flowers) 1919, oil on canvas, 116.2 x 89.2 cm, Sotheby's, New York, 1 May 1996, lot 30
Les Coquelicots (Poppies) 1914, oil on canvas, 70.0 x 58.5 cm, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1990, lot 27

Estimate: $750000 - 950000

Result Hammer: $750,000 + Buyer’s Premium