Roses

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Roses
stamped with the signature 'Renoir' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
oil on canvas
6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.7 x 22.6 cm.)
Painted in 1919

Provenance

Goldschmidt Gallery, New York.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1974, lot 61a.
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1980, lot 108.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

Bernheim-Jeune, ed., L'atelier de Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1931, no. 705 (illustrated as part of a larger canvas pl. 224).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. V, 1911-1919 & 1er Supplément, Paris, 2012, no. 3642B, p. 28 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue critique of Pierre-Auguste Renoir being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute established from the archives of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein.

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