Property of the
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
La lecture
stamped with the signature bottom left Renoir (Lugt 2137b)--
oil on canvas
18½ x 22¾ in. (47 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1917-1918
La lecture
stamped with the signature bottom left Renoir (Lugt 2137b)--
oil on canvas
18½ x 22¾ in. (47 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1917-1918
Provenance
Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, Bryn Mawr (bequest to the Philadelphia Museum, 1962)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, Bryn Mawr (bequest to the Philadelphia Museum, 1962)
Literature
A. André, Renoir, Paris, 1919, pl. 21 (illustrated)
A. André and M. Elder, L'Atelier de Renoir, Paris, 1931, vol. II, pl. 183, no. 582 (illustrated)
Philadelphia, Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. LVIII, spring, 1963, no. 277 (illustrated, pl. 50)
A. André and M. Elder, L'Atelier de Renoir, Paris, 1931, vol. II, pl. 183, no. 582 (illustrated)
Philadelphia, Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. LVIII, spring, 1963, no. 277 (illustrated, pl. 50)
Exhibited
Buffalo, Fine Arts Academy, Albright Gallery, French Paintings of the Twentieth Century (1930-1939), Dec., 1944, p. 20, no. 55 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Cincinnati, Art Museum, Jan.-Feb., 1945 and St. Louis, City Art Museum, March, 1945.
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Philadelphia Private Collections, May-Sept., 1947, no. 65
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, 1962, 1964 and 1965 (on loan)
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Renoir: The Great Bathers, Sept.-Nov., 1990
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Philadelphia Private Collections, May-Sept., 1947, no. 65
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, 1962, 1964 and 1965 (on loan)
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Renoir: The Great Bathers, Sept.-Nov., 1990
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Important Notice at the front of the catalogue.