
Femme allongée (ébauche)
1909
Pierre Bonnard's Femme allongée (ébauche) is an oil on canvas study from 1909 depicting a reclining female figure in an intimate domestic setting. As a sketch or ébauche, the work showcases Bonnard's loose, exploratory approach to composition and color.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
June 28, 2023
Estimate: $150,000 to $200,000
Lot 335
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Édouard Vuillard
French · b. 1868

Vuillard shared Bonnard's intimate Nabi sensibility, depicting domestic interiors and figures with loose brushwork and warm, enveloping color harmonies that closely mirror the sketchy and sensual qualities of this reclining figure study.

Henri Matisse
French · b. 1869

Matisse's numerous odalisque and reclining nude compositions from the same Post-Impressionist era share the warm tonal palette, intimate domestic atmosphere, and exploratory figurative looseness seen in this Bonnard ébauche.

Ker-Xavier Roussel
French · b. 1867

A fellow Nabi painter and close associate of Bonnard, Roussel produced intimate figurative works with similarly warm tones and a sketchy sensual quality that aligns directly with the loose compositional approach of this early modern nude study.
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