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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Tête de femme, Jeanne Samary
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Tête de femme, Jeanne Samary
signed and dated 'A. Renoir 9 Juin 1877.' (centre left)
oil on MacLean cement
Diameter: 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.)
Painted in June 1877
Tête de femme, Jeanne Samary
signed and dated 'A. Renoir 9 Juin 1877.' (centre left)
oil on MacLean cement
Diameter: 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.)
Painted in June 1877
Provenance
Alphonse Legrand, Paris.
Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in January 1899.
Jean d'Alayer, Paris; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 10 June 1955, lot 96.
O'Hana Gallery, London.
A. Amante, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1987, lot 10.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 363.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 152.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in January 1899.
Jean d'Alayer, Paris; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 10 June 1955, lot 96.
O'Hana Gallery, London.
A. Amante, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1987, lot 10.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 363.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 152.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. I, Lausanne, 1971, no. 231 (illustrated).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858-1881, vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. 463, p. 467 (illustrated).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858-1881, vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. 463, p. 467 (illustrated).
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