Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Femme nue assise
oil on canvas
7 5/8 x 6 ½ in. (19.6 x 16.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1900
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist by 1919). Eugène Blot, Paris Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. I, p. 159, no. 625 (illustrated as part of a larger canvas). G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, vol. III, p. 236, no. 2120 (illustrated as part of a larger canvas).
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.