Lot Essay
François Daulte will include this watercolor in volume VI (Pastels, aquarelles et dessins) of his forthcoming Renoir catalogue raisonné.
ANOTHER PROPERTY
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Deux femmes dans une barque
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Deux femmes dans une barque
signed with initial lower right 'R'
watercolor over pencil on paper heightened with white gouache
12¼ x 18¾in. (31 x 47.5cm.)
Painted 1880-1886
Deux femmes dans une barque
signed with initial lower right 'R'
watercolor over pencil on paper heightened with white gouache
12¼ x 18¾in. (31 x 47.5cm.)
Painted 1880-1886
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Ohana Gallery, London
Eric Estorick, London (1965)
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Beverly Hills; sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 13, 1989, lot 3
Ohana Gallery, London
Eric Estorick, London (1965)
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Beverly Hills; sale, Christie's, New York, Nov. 13, 1989, lot 3
Literature
P. Viladas, "A Life in Pictures," House & Garden, April, 1989, pp. 155 and 158 (illustrated in color)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie L.G. Baugin, Aquarelles de Renoir, Nov.-Dec., 1951
Santa Barbara, The Art Gallery, University of California, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Oct.-Nov., 1966, no. 48
Santa Barbara, The Art Gallery, University of California, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Oct.-Nov., 1966, no. 48