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Iron Bridges at Asnières
Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
1887. Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 3/8" (45.9 x 54.2 cm). Grace Rainey Rogers Fund
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
113.1962
The artist, Paris; to Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris [1]. Acquired by Maurice Sauvant, Paris, by 1949 [2]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, through Michel-Ange Bernard Fort (Emile Bernard's son), 1962 (Grace Rainey Rogers Fund) [3].
[1] Jean-Jacques Luthi, Emile Bernard: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris: Editions Side, 1982, no. 43: Le pont d'Asnières (Le pont de fer à Asnières), 1887.
[2] Ibid. Handwritten label by Michel-Ange Bernard Fort on verso dated February 25, 1949 identifying owner as Maurice Sauvant. Included in the exhibition Emile Bernard, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, April 24-May 15, 1959 (no. 5: Le pont d'Asnières [Collection Maurice Sauvant]).
[3] Collection files, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Le pont de chemin de fer à Asnières
Le pont d'Asnières
Bridge at Asnières
[Le Pont de fer à Asnières]
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