The Green Blouse

Pierre Bonnard  (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)

Date:
1919
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/8 x 26 7/8 in. (101.9 x 68.3 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1963
Accession Number:
63.64
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Signed (lower left): Bonnard

  • Provenance

    the artist (1919–20; sold in February 1920 to Bernheim de Villers); Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris (1920–d. 1953); his widow, Mme Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris (from 1953); her great-nephew, Abbé Philippe de la Chapelle, Paris (until 1962); [Sam Salz, New York, 1962–63; sold in 1963 to MMA]

  • Exhibition History

    Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "Twenty-Third Annual International Exhibition of Paintings," April 24–June 15, 1924, no. 126 (as "The Cup of Coffee," lent by Bernheim Jeune et Cie).

    New York. Wildenstein and Co., Inc. "Exhibition of Paintings by Bonnard," March 1–24, 1934, no. 25 (as "The Cup of Coffee," 1924).

    Stockholm. Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet. "Pierre Bonnard," March 1939, no. 23 (as "Le corsage vert," 1920).

    New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition," December 13, 1974–February 16, 1975, not in catalogue.

    Bellingham, Wash.. Whatcom Museum of History and Art. "5000 Years of Art: An Exhibition from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 4, 1976–October 2, 1977, no. 75.

    New York. Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, NYU. "Changes in Perspective: 1880–1925," May 2–June 2, 1978, unnumbered cat. (p. 10).

    Bordeaux. Galerie des Beaux-Arts. "Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso," May 15–September 1, 1981, no. 219 (as "Le Corsage vert").

    San Diego Museum of Art. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 10–December 6, 1981, no. 70.

    Urbana-Champaign. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1982, no. 70.

    Mobile, Alabama. Fine Arts Museum of the South. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 9, 1982, no. 70.

    Midland, Mich.. Midland Center for the Arts. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 22, 1982, no. 70.

    Little Rock. Arkansas Art Center. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 19–November 14, 1982, no. 70.

    Kunsthaus Zürich. "Bonnard," December 14, 1984–March 10, 1985, no. 92 (as "La Blouse verte" or "La Tasse de café").

    Frankfurt. Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut. "Bonnard," May 3–July 14, 1985, no. 92.

    Canberra. Australian National Gallery. "20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," March 1–April 27, 1986, unnumbered cat. (p. 29).

    Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery. "20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," May 7–July 1, 1986, unnumbered cat.

    Yokohama Museum of Art. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century," March 25–June 4, 1989, no. 152.

    Humlebaek, Denmark. Louisiana Museum. "Pierre Bonnard," September 11, 1992–January 10, 1993, no. 52 (as "La Blouse verte/La Tasse de café").

    Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. "Pierre Bonnard: Das Glück zu malen," January 23–April 12, 1993, no. 23.

    Munich. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung. "Bonnard," January 28–April 24, 1994, no. 80 (as "La blouse verte" or "La tasse de café").

    Nagoya. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. "Pierre Bonnard," March 28–May 18, 1997, no. 59.

    Tokyo. Bunkamura Museum of Art. "Pierre Bonnard," May 24–July 21, 1997, no. 59.

    New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Painters in Paris: 1895-1950," March 8, 2000–January 14, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 40).

    Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. "Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," September 14–November 24, 2002, no. 36.

    Tokyo. Bunkamura Museum of Art. "Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," December 7, 2002–March 9, 2003, no. 36.

    Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. "Pierre Bonnard: L'Œuvre d'art, un arrêt du temps," February 2–May 7, 2006, no. 52 (as "La Blouse verte [La Tasse de café]").

    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800-1920," February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 123.

    Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie. "Französische Meisterwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," June 1–October 7, 2007, unnumbered cat. (p. 245).

  • References

    Claude Roger-Marx. Bonnard et son œuvre. Paris, 1924, ill. p. 37.

    Maurice Denis. "L'Époque du Symbolisme." Gazette des beaux-arts, 6ème pér. 11 (March 1934), fig. 11.

    Theodore Rousseau. "Reports of the Departments." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 22 (October 1963), pp. 66–68, ill.

    Charles Sterling and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 3, XIX–XX Centuries. New York, 1967, p. 208, ill.

    Jean and Henry Dauberville. Bonnard: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint. Vol. 2, 1906–1919. Paris, 1968, p. 460, no. 979, ill.

    Thomas Schlotterback. 5000 Years of Art: An Exhibition from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Bellingham, Wash., 1976, pp. 15, 102–3, no. 75, ill. (color and bw).

    Marianne Matta in Bonnard. Exh. cat., Kunsthaus Zürich. Zurich, 1984, pp. 196–97, no. 92, ill. (color).

    Terence Measham in 20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Exh. cat., Australian National Gallery. Canberra, 1986, p. 29, ill. (color) and on front cover (color).

    Helen Giambruni in Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, p. 92, fig. 124 (color).

    Lisa M. Messinger in Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Exh. cat., Yokohama Museum of Art. [Tokyo], 1989, p. 190, no. 152, ill. (color).

    Anette Kruszynski in Pierre Bonnard: Das Glück zu malen. Exh. cat., Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, 1993, p. 27.

    Armin Zweite in Pierre Bonnard: Das Glück zu malen. Exh. cat., Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, 1993, pp. 130, 181, no. 23, ill. p. 132 (color).

    Hidenori Kurita in Pierre Bonnard. Ed. Hidenori Kurita et al. Exh. cat., Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. Nagoya, 1997, pp. 148–49, 245–46, no. 59, ill. (color) and on front cover (color).

    Grace Glueck. "When One City Was the Heart of Art's Youth." New York Times (March 10, 2000), p. E39.

    Suzanne Pagé et al. Pierre Bonnard: The Work of Art, Suspending Time. Ed. Suzanne Pagé. Exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Ghent, 2006, pp. 182–83, 318–19, no. 52, ill. (color).

    Sabine Rewald in The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York, 2007, pp. 165, 181–82, no. 123, ill. (color and bw).

    Sabine Rewald in Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2007, pp. 195, 215, no. 180, ill. (color and bw).

    Rika Burnham in Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors. Ed. Dita Amory. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2009, p. 75, fig. 58 (color).

  • See also
210009538

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