ID 1306002
Lot 123 | PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Edmond Renoir pêchant à la ligne
stamped with the signature 'Renoir.' (Lugt 2137b; lower left)
pen and India ink and pencil on paper
7 ¾ x 12 1/8 in. (19.6 x 30.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1879
Provenance
Edmond Renoir [the artist's brother], Paris, by descent from the artist.
Edmond Renoir Jr., Viroflay, by descent from the above, circa 1944.
Philippe Cezanne [Paul Cezanne's great-grandson], Paris.
David Grob, London & Monte-Carlo, by whom acquired from the above in 1984.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in December 1985.
Literature
F. Daulte, 'A propos de l'exposition de la Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Renoir dessinateur et aquarelliste', in L'Œil, no. 358, Paris, May 1985, p. 61 (illustrated p. 60; titled 'Le Pêcheur ou Edmond Renoir canotant').
J. Dubois, 'Renoir: dessins et aquarelles', in Journal de l'amateur d'art, Paris, May 1985, p. 7 (titled 'Le pêcheur').
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Dessins et Aquarelles de Renoir, April - June 1985, no. 4, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Le pêcheur'); this exhibition later travelled to Monte-Carlo, Artis, July - September 1985.
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
This work will be included in the second supplement to the Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles de Renoir being prepared by Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville.
| Artist: | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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