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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Lot 489
20.11.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 489 | PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
La Prairie
signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 ¾ x 18 1/8 in. (32.5 x 46.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1880




Provenance

Jules Feder, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, June 1892).
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1940).
Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, London (acquired from the above, 1942, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 1 July 2021, lot 311.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

C. Hussey, "Julians, Hertfordshire - II" in Country Life, 27 June 1947, vol. 101, no. 2632, p. 1212.
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista: 1869-1883, Milan, 1972, p. 94, no. 114 (illustrated).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2007, vol. I, p. 153, no. 69 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings by Renoir, February 1914, no. 18 (dated 1885).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Small Paintings by Renoir, December 1927, no. 22.
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., La flèche d´or, November-December 1937, p. 7, no. 10 (dated 1878).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Summer Exhibition, August-September 1938, p. 4, no. 3 (dated 1878).
(possibly) London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., French Paintings, December 1938, no. 2.
London, National Gallery, Nineteenth Century French Paintings, 1942, p. 9, no. 78 (dated 1878).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Anthology: French Pictures from Private Collections, June 1949, no. 5 (dated 1878).
London, Tate Gallery, The Pleydell-Bouverie Collection of Impressionist and Other Paintings, January-April 1954, p. 11, no. 32 (dated 1878).



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.
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Impressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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