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Emile Bernard
The Three Races1898

Not on view
Oil painting of three women — one nude and reclining on a draped bed, two seated on the floor — in a richly decorated interior with a large floral textile curtain

Emile Bernard, The Three Races, 1898, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Emile Bernard
France, Lille, 1868-1941
Title
The Three Races
Place Made
France
Date Made
1898
Medium
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
Dimensions
47 9/16 x 71 in. (120.7 x 180.3 cm); Frame: 59 1/2 x 84 in. (151.13 x 213.36 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick
Accession Number
M.84.185
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Leeman, Fred. Émile Bernard, 1868-1941. Paris: Flammarion, 2014.
  • Hansen, Dorothee, ed. Emile Bernard: Am Puls der Moderne. Bremen: Kunsthalle Bremen; Köln: Wienand, 2015.
  • French paintings, 1789-1929, from the collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Catalog of an exhibition presented March 25-May 22, 1960, at the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Dayton: Dayton Art Institute, 1960.
Copyright
© Émile Bernard / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris