ID 717879
Lot 498 | PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Hector et Paris
inscribed 'Hector et Paris' (lower centre) and dated 'le 12 mars 1860' (lower left)
pencil on paper
8 1⁄2 x 11 1⁄4 in. (22 x 28.5 cm.)
Drawn on 12 March 1860
Provenance
Edmond Renoir fils, Viroflay, the artist's nephew.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 21 February 1985, lot 152.
Private collection, United States, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 14 May 2019, lot 137.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir, Milan, 1988, no. 1, p. 12 (illustrated).
Post lot text
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. We thank the Wildenstein Plattner Institute for their help in reseaching the work.
| Artist: | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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