Family Scene

Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947) Family Scene, 1892 Color lithograph Richard Lee Ripin Fund, 2005.5

Pierre Bonnard was a master of color lithography. Here the abstraction, exaggeration, and simplifi-cation typical of advertising posters are used to animate a quaint family scene in which a much doted upon baby virtually bounces into the center of the frame.