Collection Bonnat : catalogue sommaire
Collection Bonnat is a 1908 Paris catalogue from A. Braun, produced by the Musée Bonnat in Bayonne to record its holdings for scholars and visitors. The four plates are reproductions of drawings and paintings: a bearded man in a cloak in loose chalk strokes, a half-length portrait with a lace collar, a dramatic scene of a woman embracing a limp figure beside a boy, and a seated woman in a shawl drawn in fine pencil lines. A designer could take their soft tonal shading, monochrome chalk texture and expressive gesture as reference for portraiture and figure drawing.
