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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Lot 44
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 1 500 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 44 | PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
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£ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Femme assise, chapeau noir

signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)

oil on canvas

19 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (48.7 x 37 cm.)

Painted in 1886





Provenance

Octave Dubourg, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 November 1903, lot 18.

Félix Fénéon, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Paul Rosenberg, Paris, circa 1930.

Raphaël Gérard, Paris.

Marguerite Proton de La Chapelle, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 17 January 1938.

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in January 1938.

Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, transferred in 1939.

Valentine Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 2 January 1945.

Eloise Woods, United States.

William Findlay Gallery, Chicago.

Private collection, California, by 1979 and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 November 2010, lot 69.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

‘Some Small Highlights of French Paintings’ in The Art News, vol. 38, no. 10, December 1939, p. 10 (illustrated).

G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 320, p. 361 (illustrated; titled 'Adrienne' and dated 'circa 1878').



Exhibited

New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Small Masterpieces of Late 19th Century French Art, December 1939, no. 4.



Special Notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.



Post Lot Text

This work will be included in the forthcoming Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Artist:Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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