New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Pierre Bonnard, 1948, p. 25, illustrated.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Die Maler der Revue Blanche: Toulouse-Lautrec und die Nabis, 21 March – 22 April 1951, n° 4.
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard et les Nabis, 1888 - 1903, 8 June – 2 October 1955, p. 50, n° 72 (dated around 1898).
Paris, Galerie Jean-Claude et Jacques Bellier, Bonnard: Peintures, 15 November – 17 December 1960, n° 2.
London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Pierre Bonnard, 6 January – 13 March 1966, p. 38, n°35
Munich, Haus Der Kunst, Pierre Bonnard: Centenaire de sa naissance, 8 October 1966 – 1st January 1967; Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, 13 January – 17 April 1967, n° 16, illustrated
Tokyo, Nihonbashi Takashima Art Gallery,10 October – 21 December 1980; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Arts, 6 January – 18 January 1981; Fukuoka Municipal Museum of Arts, 28 January – 22 February 1981, Pierre Bonnard
Madrid,Fundación Juan March, Pierre Bonnard, October – November 1983, n° 3, illustrated in color
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Pierre Bonnard, 14 December 1984 – 10 March 1985, p. 86-87, n° 11,
illustrated in color
Verona, Galleria d’Arte moderna et contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Da Van Gogh a Schiele: L'Europa espressionista 1880-1918, 7 July – 10 October 1989, p. 112, illustrated in color, p. 261
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Pierre Bonnard, 7 June – 6 October 1991, p. 37, n° 5, illustrated in color, p. 142, illustrated
Gifu, The Museum of Fine Art, Tournant de la Peinture, 4 February – 21 March 1993, p. 95, n° 162, illustrated in color
Munich, Kunsthalle, Pierre Bonnard, 28 January – 24 April 1994, pp. 68-69, n° 7, illustrated in color
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Pierre Bonnard, 31 May – 9 October 2000, p. 25, n° 8, illustrated in color, p. 98
Madrid, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Una mirada sobre Pierre Bonnard, 15 January – 4 March 2001, p. 50, n° 35, illustrated in color
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 11 March – 31 May 2004 ; Ottawa, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, 25 June – 19 September 2004, La Grande Parade: Portrait de l’artiste en clown, p. 103, n° 21, illustrated in color
New York, The Metropolitan Museum, Seurat’s Circus Sideshow, 17 February – 29 May 2017, p. 99, fig.100, illustrated in color, p.131
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, Les loisirs avec Bonnard et son époque, 1th July – 5 November 2023, p.58, n°11,illustrated in color
Aix-en-Provence, Hôtel de Caumont, Bonnard et le Japon, 3 May – 6 October 2024, illustrated in colour
The painting has been requested for the exhibition Clowns, pitres et saltimbanques, MUCEM Marseille, 3 décembre 2024 au 12 mai 2025
Literature
John Reward, Pierre Bonnard, New York, 1948, p. 25
Raymond Cogniat, Bonnard, Flammarion, Paris, 1968, pp. 32-33, illustrated in color
Jean & Henri Dauberville, Pierre Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, vol. 4, page 136, n° 01726 (wrong dimensions)
Guy Cogeval, Bonnard, les chefs-d’œuvre, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1993, p. 56, n° 7, p. 57, illustrated in color
Guy Cogeval, Bonnard, les chefs-d’œuvre, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1998, p. 56, n° 7, p. 57, illustrated in color
Guy Cogeval, Bonnard, Hazan, 2015, p. 62-63, illustrated in color.