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The Road to Nantes

The Road to Nantes

1929
(French, 1867–1947)
Framed: 92.1 x 89.9 x 7.6 cm (36 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 69.2 x 66.2 cm (27 1/4 x 26 1/16 in.)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Description

Bonnard probably painted this scene depicting a road on the way to Nantes, a port city on France's Atlantic coast, while touring Brittany by car in the summer of 1929. Bonnard was a founding member of the Nabis (Hebrew for prophets), a group of artists who formed in Paris during the 1890s. Inspired by Paul Gauguin, they emphasized inventive, decorative design and color liberated from natural appearances.
  • Bought by Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, in February 1930. Pierre Loeb, Paris. Valentine Gallery, New York. Sold in 1944 to Leonard C. Hanna. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1958.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. cat. fig. 1 archive.org
    “Annual Report of the Year 1958.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (June 1959): 111–158. Mentioned: p. 122 www.jstor.org
    Henning, Edward B. “Pierre Bonnard: La Terrasse de Café.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 2 (February 1978): 58–65. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 64-65, fig. 6 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 50-53, Vol. I, no. 19
  • Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
    CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
    Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries. Pierre Bonnard: Centenaire de sa naissance (1967), no. 120-bis (repr.).
    Pierre Bonnard: 100th Anniversary. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 8, 1966-January 1, 1967); Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (January 13-April 15, 1967).
    Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1947. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 6-March 6, 1966).
    London, Royal Academy of Arts. Pierre Bonnard (1966), no. 207.
    Munich, Haus der Kunst. Pierre Bonnard (1966-67), no. 109 (repr.).
    Bonnard and His Environment. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5-November 29, 1964); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (January 8-February 28, 1965); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (March 31-May 30, 1965).
    New York, Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum; Art Institute of Chicago. Bonnard and His Environment (1964-65), 108 (no. 50), 54 (repr.).
    Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts. Loan Exhibition of Works by Pierre Bonnard (1957), no. 20.
    New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Summer Loan (June-September 1949), no catalogue (group of fourteen Hanna paintings on loan).
    New York, Museum of Modern Art; cma. Pierre Bonnard (1948), no. 60, 104 (repr.).
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