Pierre Bonnard: Affinities, 2018

3 . Standing Nude

c. 1910 Pencil on graph paper 6 x 3 5 ⁄ 8

inches ( 15 . 2 x 9 . 3 cm.)

provenance Neffe Degandt Fine Art, London; Jill Newhouse Gallery 2009 ; Private Collection.

Bonnard was a constant draughtsman, sketching Marthe doing all sorts of activities and in all aspects of life, bathing, cooking, dining and gardening. He used these drawings to construct painted compositions, therefore most can be reliably dated.