Jeune Fille Lisant (Girl Reading)

Pierre Bonnard

1930; printed posthumously 1965

  • Titles Jeune Fille Lisant (Girl Reading) (Proper)
  • Artist Pierre Bonnard, French, 1867 - 1947
  • Medium etching
  • Dimensions sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm) plate: 6 15/16 × 4 9/16 in. (17.6 × 11.6 cm) mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the Collector's Guild, New York, 1966.134
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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