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Woman with a Cat (Bonnard)

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Woman with a Cat
ArtistPierre Bonnard
Year1912
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions78 cm × 77.5 cm (31 in × 30.5 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman with a Cat or The Demanding Cat (French: La Femme au chat) is a 1912 oil on canvas painting by French Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947). The work depicts Marthe Bonnard, Bonnard's mistress, and a cat climbing on to a table arranged for a meal. The influence of Japanese prints is apparent, as it often is in works by Bonnard and the other artists of the Nabis.[1] The painting was donated by Baronnes Eva Gebhard-Gourgaud to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1965, and assigned to the Musée d'Orsay in 1977.[2]

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  1. ^ Guide to the Musee d'Orsay 1987, p. 248.
  2. ^ Musée d'Orsay 2023.

Bibliography

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  • Guide to the Musee d'Orsay. Ministére de la Culture et de la Communication. Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. 1987. p. 248. ISBN 2711821234
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