Woman Bathing

Provenance

Sold by Richard Zinser, New York, to the Art Institute, 1955.

Woman Bathing

Pierre Bonnard

c. 1942

Accession Number

83638

Medium

Gouache with graphite on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

26.3 × 32.6 cm (10 3/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Leigh Block

Background & Context

Background Story

Pierre Bonnard's Woman Bathing shows a woman in her bath. Bonnard was a Post-Impressionist known for luminous color.

Cultural Impact

Bonnard's bathing scenes are among his most intimate works.

Why It Matters

This captures the intimate domestic world of Bonnard.