PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Poissons

Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Poissons
stamped with signature 'Renoir.' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
oil on canvas
5 1⁄8 x 8 3⁄8 in. (13.1 x 21.3 cm.)
Painted in 1914-1915
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie des Archers, Lyon.
George and Adèle Besson, Paris (acquired from the above, by 1964).
M. Cornu, Lyon (acquired from the above).
Private collection (by descent from the above, circa 1970).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2020.
Literature
A. André, Renoir, Paris, 1928 (illustrated, pl. 89).
Bernheim-Jeune, ed., L'atelier de Renoir, Paris, 1931, vol. II, no. 515 (illustrated as part of a larger canvas, pl. 161; dated 1914-1919).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2014, vol. V, p. 105, no. 3776B (illustrated prior to stamped signature; dated 1914-1919).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Collection George et Adèle Besson, December 1964-February 1965, p. 76, no. 143 (dated circa 1917 and titled Les trois rougets).
Further Details
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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