Woman with Dog, or Woman and Dog at Table (Femme au chien, ou Femme et chien à table)

Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

This domestic interior scene depicts Bonnard's companion Marthe de Méligny sitting at the couple's dining-room table in Paris. She seems to be telling their dog to sit, as it perhaps smells the remnants of a meal or snack on the table. Marthe is dressed for cool weather, with a soft brown hat, scarf, and a voluminous black-and-white dress or housecoat. Behind her Bonnard has depicted two folding screens of his own design, which seem to interact with the main scene and blur the boundary between foreground and background.

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