After the Bath

Pierre Bonnard

1910 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

Bonnard's painting of the daily routine of bathing, done from memory, captures the details of light reflected in a mirror and pointy red slippers. The woman is probably Marthe (Maria Boursin; 1869–1942), whom Bonnard met in 1893 and married in 1925.

Artist

Pierre Bonnard

Date

1910

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998