Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

La laveuse

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
La laveuse
signed 'Renoir' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 22 in. (46 x 56 cm.)
Painted circa 1891

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, 9 June 1891).
The Durand-Ruel Family Collection, Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London (acquired 14 July 1936).
Frank Wood, Toronto.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1990, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2001, lot 4.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

The Art Gallery of Toronto, Loans from Toronto Collectors, October-November 1957, no. 25.
London, Ontario, The Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Museum, no. 2.

Lot Essay

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

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