Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Paysage du Midi

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Paysage du Midi
signed with initial 'R' (lower left)
watercolor, pen and India ink over pencil on paper
12 x 12.1/8 in. (30.4 x 30.9 cm.)
Painted in 1888

Provenance

Sam Salz, New York.
Gift from the above to the late owner.

Literature

A. Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. 2, p. 151 (illustrated).

Sale room notice

Ruth Legrand of the Wildenstein Institute has confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor, which will be included in the forthcoming volume VI (watercolors, pastels and drawings) of the Renoir catalogue raisonné.

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