Mother and Child, back cover illustration for "Petit Solfège illustré"

Pierre Bonnard|Allier Père et Fils

1893 · Lithograph; touched proof · Drawings and Prints

Beginning in 1891, Bonnard collaborated with his brother-in-law, the composer Claude Terrasse, on the illustrations for a children’s music primer. In this design for the back cover, he shows his sister Andrée reading to her son Jean from a book of music. The abstracted musical notes were added to this proof in pen and ink. The artist made additional modifications around the mother’s hairline and to the contours of her face, scraping away certain areas and exposing the white of the paper. Some, but not all, of the corrections indicated on this impression were implemented in the final published print.

Artist

Pierre Bonnard|Allier Père et Fils

Date

1893

Medium

Lithograph; touched proof

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Anne and Carl Stern Gift, 1962