Lot Essay
This drawing was conceived as the decorated capital initial for an article by the artist's brother Edmond in the journal La Vie Moderne.
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Jeune fille avec un bouquet
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Jeune fille avec un bouquet
signed 'Renoir' (lower right)
pen and brown ink on paper laid down on paper
7 1/8 x 4½ in. (18 x 11.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1879
Jeune fille avec un bouquet
signed 'Renoir' (lower right)
pen and brown ink on paper laid down on paper
7 1/8 x 4½ in. (18 x 11.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1879
Provenance
Edmond Renoir, Paris (acquired from the artist).
John Rewald, New York; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1960, lot 100.
Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Los Angeles; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 1989, lot 1.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 1995, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
John Rewald, New York; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1960, lot 100.
Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Los Angeles; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 1989, lot 1.
Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 1995, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Renoir Drawings, New York, 1946, p. 15 (illustrated, p. 7).
P. Viladas, "A Life in Pictures," House & Garden, April 1989, pp. 155 and 158 (illustrated in color).
P. Viladas, "A Life in Pictures," House & Garden, April 1989, pp. 155 and 158 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Rewald, March-April 1959, no. 113.
Santa Barbara, University of California, The Art Gallery, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, October-November 1966, no. 49.
Santa Barbara, University of California, The Art Gallery, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, October-November 1966, no. 49.
Sale room notice
The Wildenstein Institute will include this painting in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Pierre-Auguste Renoir established from the archives of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard, and Wildenstein.
We are grateful to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville for confirming that this picture is included in their Bernheim-Jeune Archives as an authentic work.
We are grateful to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville for confirming that this picture is included in their Bernheim-Jeune Archives as an authentic work.