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

PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947, French)

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

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

Provenance:
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist 1913)
Jacques Canonne, Paris
Tableaux mondernes appartenant à 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

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, vo.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, Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture (Part 1), New York, Wednesday 1 May, 1996, lot 30
Les Coquelicots (Poppies), 1914, oil on canvas, 70.0 x 58.5 cm, Sotheby's, Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture (Part 1), New York, Tuesday 13 November, 1990, lot 27

Estimate: $900000 - 1100000

Result Hammer: $975000