Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Lot 202

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Le sucrier

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Le sucrier
signed with the initial 'R' (lower left)
oil on canvas
4¾ x 5 5/8 in. (12 x 14.5 cm.)
Painted in 1911

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist on 17 January 1912.
Joseph Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 29 April 1912.
Marie-Louise d'Alayer, née Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom received from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1993, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

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.

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville have confirmed that this painting is included in their Bernheim-Jeune archives as an authentic work.