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The Dressing Room

1914
Not on view
Bonnard delighted in portraying scenes of domesticity, everyday events that take place mostly in dining rooms and in the bath. This picture presents a casual view into the corner of a dressing room in the artist’s house at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, where he lived during World War I. Space and light seem to be created by the two mirrors hanging on the walls, the vertical one on the right and a horizontal one that reflects a seated woman holding a white cloth and her curled-up, sleeping dog. She is probably Marthe (Maria Boursin, 1869-1942), Bonnard's companion and, after 1925, his wife.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Dressing Room
  • Artist: Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)
  • Date: 1914
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 3/8 x 34 3/4 in. (72.1 x 88.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
  • Object Number: 1984.433.3
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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