Lot Essay
This drawing is closely related to the drawing La plage, 1896 (D.2551; Musée de Beaux-Arts, Reims).
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Groupe de femmes
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Groupe de femmes
charcoal on paper
17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (44.2 x 61 cm.)
Drawn in 1896
Groupe de femmes
charcoal on paper
17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (44.2 x 61 cm.)
Drawn in 1896
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Francis Matthiesen, Berlin & London, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2010, lot 186.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Francis Matthiesen, Berlin & London, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2010, lot 186.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. André, Renoir, Paris, 1919 (illustrated pl. 34).
A. Vollard, La vie & l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1919 (illustrated p. 257).
G. -P. & M. Dauberville, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. III, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2549 (illustrated p. 491).
A. Vollard, La vie & l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1919 (illustrated p. 257).
G. -P. & M. Dauberville, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. III, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2549 (illustrated p. 491).
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