Lot Essay
This work will be included in the critical catalogue of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.
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Coucher de soleil à Douarnenez
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Coucher de soleil à Douarnenez
signed 'Renoir' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 7/8 in. (53.7 x 64.4 cm.)
Painted in Douarnenez circa 1883
Coucher de soleil à Douarnenez
signed 'Renoir' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 7/8 in. (53.7 x 64.4 cm.)
Painted in Douarnenez circa 1883
Provenance
Marcel Kapferer, Paris, by 1939.
Galerie Durand Ruel et Cie., Paris, by 1942.
Sam Salz Inc., New York.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1988, lot 12.
Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Bahamas, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Durand Ruel et Cie., Paris, by 1942.
Sam Salz Inc., New York.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1988, lot 12.
Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Bahamas, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1918, no. 56 (illustrated p. 14).
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir nel periodo Impressionista 1869-1893, Milan, 1972, no. 574 (illustrated p. 114).
List of Paintings in The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1972, no. 604 (illustrated p. 92).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, Paris, 2009, no. 839 (illustrated p. 93).
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir nel periodo Impressionista 1869-1893, Milan, 1972, no. 574 (illustrated p. 114).
List of Paintings in The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1972, no. 604 (illustrated p. 92).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, Paris, 2009, no. 839 (illustrated p. 93).
Exhibited
Williamstown, Massachusetts, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Impressionist Paintings, September 1956, no. 159 (illustrated pl. XXIV).
Special Notice
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