Illustration for "Dingo"
Date1924
Artist
Pierre Bonnard
(French painter, 1867–1947)
Illustration CitationDingo, by Octave Mirbeau (Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1924).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 11 5/16 × 9 in. (28.7 × 22.9 cm)
sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (37.8 × 27.8 cm)
sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (37.8 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-166
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextKnown primarily as a painter and printmaker, Pierre Bonnard was also an illustrator, often designing for La Revue Blanche, the leading French art and literary magazine at the end of the 19th century.Octave Mirbeau’s final novel, posthumously completed by Leon Werth, is named for its central character, the author's pet dog. Through tales about the dog, Mirabeau expressed his contempt for what he saw as the ignorance of much of French society.
