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Item Number: 132935
Title: De Raphael a Gauguin : Tresors de la Collection Jean Bonna
Author: Strasser, Nathalie ; Sylvie Wuhrmann
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9782884531917
Description: Lausanne-Paris: La Bibliotheque des Arts, 2015. 29cm., pbk., 250pp., 150 color plates. French text. Exhibition held at Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne. Summary: Next Spring, the Fondation de l’Hermitage will exhibit works belonging to the Geneva-based collector Jean Bonna. Primarily comprising works on paper, this exceptional, highly consistent collection has been assembled over many years for its aesthetic pleasures alone, rather than any desire to be exhaustive. This exhibition represents a new chapter in the museum’s exploration of prestigious Swiss private collections, which it has pursued for more than fifteen years (Weinberg collection in 1997, Jean Planque collection in 2001, Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser collection in 2011). Jean Bonna is a bibliophile with a love of paper. This passion led him from books to illustrated works, prints and finally to period drawings. For thirty years he has collected graphic works of the highest quality, which now form a remarkable collection on a par with the greatest private collections assembled in Europe since the 16th century. Beyond its riches, this collection is notable for its variety in terms of the artists represented, techniques used and periods covered, which range from the Italian Renaissance to the early 20th century. It is also the work of one man, reflecting his preference for finished pieces and his connoisseur’s appreciation of the female figure, landscapes and images of animals.

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