LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

18.11 in. (46.00 cm.) (height) by 15.04 in. (38.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

stamped 'Renoir.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Exhibition of the Post-Impressionist Masters: Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, representative pictures by Renoir, October - November 1923, p. 4.

Literature:

Bernheim-Jeune, ed., L'Atelier de Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1931, no. 87 (illustrated pl. 32). G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. III, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2229, p. 304 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Estate, Cagnes-sur-Mer. Galerie Barbazanges, Paris (no. 2373), by whom acquired from the above between 1922 and 1927. Alex Reid & Lefevre, London. Paul Gadala, Paris. Galerie Benezit, Paris. Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above on 21 May 1955, and thence by descent to the present owner.