Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) - Lot 90

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) Pl. for The Life of Saint Monica, A. Vollard ed., 1930. Etching. Each [250 x 325]. Bouvet 111. Reunion of the etched subjects for the book (without the tables of hors-texts). Very nice and fresh proofs on japon impérial. All margins. On verso, stamp of the Chlomovitch sale (1981, sale cancelled at the time by court decision). Set of 14 p. Erich Šlomović or Chlomovitch was a Yugoslav Jew born in 1915 and died in deportation in 1942. In 1936 he became the secretary of Ambroise Vollard, dealer and publisher of the Impressionists. When Vollard died in a car accident in July 1939, Chlomovitch inherited part of his collection of French masters, which was added to the pieces acquired by himself. On June 29, 2010, after thirty years of investigations and legal proceedings, this collection was finally dispersed by Sotheby's