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Woman with an Umbrella
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About this work
Maria Boursin—known as Marthe—became Bonnard’s romantic companion when they met in 1893 and eventually his wife in 1925. She was the model for this lithograph depicting a woman teetering up a stairway. The composition is devoid of background details; only the cobblestones and umbrella suggest the setting of a city street.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWoman with an Umbrella, 1894. Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947), Published by L'Estampeoriginale in the Album de la Revue blanche, 1895. Color lithograph; sheet: 32.1 x 25.1 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); image: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.338
