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This painting of around 1920 depicts the artist's garden, viewed from his house at Vernonnet in the Seine valley. The woman at lower right may be his wife Marthe. An earlier version of this view (Courtauld Institute Galleries, London), painted around 1910, has a more sombre palette. In his later years Bonnard was fascinated by the relationship between interiors and gardens. Margaret Davies purchased this work in 1960.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

Sunlight at Vernon

Date

1920

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 47.5 x W 56.2 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2164

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Margaret Davies, 1963

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Label on frame: HAUS DER KUNST MUNCHEN AUSTELLING: BONNARD SOLEIL A VERNON Label on frame: LENT BY MARGARET S. DAVIES ETC BONNARD "LA POTAGER" Label on frame: INTERNATIONAL ART TRANSPORT 68, Rue SAINT-SABIN, PARIS Ref. 3855 Inscribed on stretcher: NMW 1033 2162 63.173 T Signed: (bottom right) BONNARD

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