Lot Essay
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.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Tête de femme
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Tête de femme
signed with initial 'R.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
4 ½ x 3 ¼ in. (11.3 x 8.3 cm.)
Painted in 1900
Tête de femme
signed with initial 'R.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
4 ½ x 3 ¼ in. (11.3 x 8.3 cm.)
Painted in 1900
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist, by 1908).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 1995, lot 210A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 1995, lot 210A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. II, p. 23 (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. 342, no. 2286 (illustrated).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, vol. III, p. 342, no. 2286 (illustrated).
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