Le Bonheur (Happiness)

Artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright American, 1890–1973

Date1956

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions54 1/16 x 23 15/16 in. (137.3 x 60.8 cm)
Frame: 60 3/4 x 31 in. (154.3 x 78.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie

Object number2006.21.11

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceThe artist, Pacific Palisades, CA; sold to Fannie and Alan Leslie, Los Angeles, CA, 1968; bequeathed to NCMA, 2006.Published ReferencesStanton Macdonald-Wright: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1911-1970 (exhibition catalogue) (Los Angeles: UCLA Art Galleries, 1970), cat. no. 40.

John Coffey, "Modern American Paintings from the Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie," in Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Winter 2008), mentioned 8, illus. (color) 6 and detail (color) front cover.
Exhibition HistoryParis, Galerie Arnaud, "Macdonald-Wright," April 12-25, 1956, no. 17 (as Bonheur).

Los Angeles, CA, The UCLA Art Galleries/The Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, "Stanton Macdonald-Wright: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1911-1970," November 16-December 20, 1970, no. 40.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Modern American Paintings from the Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie,” November 25, 2007–September 6, 2009.
Object Rights Statement

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.