Femme nue en buste

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Femme nue en buste
signed with the initial 'R' (lower right)
oil on canvas
6 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (17 x 27 cm.)
Painted in 1915

Literature

A. Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1918, no. 213 (illustrated as part of larger canvas p. 54).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Renoir catalogue critique being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute and established from the archive funds of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein.

We are grateful to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville for confirming that this painting is included in their Bernheim-Jeune archives as an authentic work.

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