Pierre Bonnard: Affinities, 2018

22 . The Terrace at Vernon

c. 1918 Pen and ink on paper 9 5 ⁄ 8

x 12½ inches ( 24 . 5 x 32 cm.)

provenance Private Collection, London, c. 1950 –present.

Bonnard purchased his beloved home in Vernon which he called Ma Roulotte in 1912 and worked and painted there until 1939 . This drawing and catalogue no. 23 are views from that house and are closest in composition to the 1918 painting Le Jardin Sauvage or La Grande Terrasse ( Ma Roulottte à Vernonnet ), in the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.