Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Saule au bord d'une mare

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Saule au bord d'une mare
signed 'Renoir' (lower left)
oil on canvas
9 ½ x 12 in. (24.1 x 30.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1874

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, August 1916).
Anon. sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 4 April 1957, lot 67.
Robert Damond, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, France (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, Paris, 28 May 2013, lot 32.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2012, vol. I, p. 10, no. 104 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Recently Imported Works by Renoir, April 1919, no. 13.

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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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