Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Nature morte aux deux pommes
signed 'Renoir' (lower left)
oil on canvas
5 3/8 x 7 in. (13.7 x 17.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1903-1905
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris. Christian de Galéa, Paris. Sir Arnold Silverston, London, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1973, lot 32. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 30 June 1983, lot 318. Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 1995, lot 17. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1919, pl. 154 (illustrated). G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. IV, 1903-1910, Paris, 2012, no. 2735, p. 50 (illustrated; dated 'circa 1905').
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.