Lot Essay
To be included in the third volume of the Pierre-Auguste Renoir catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by François Daulte
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Deux Femmes en Corsage bleu (Les deux soeurs)
the stamped signature lower right Renoir (L. 2137b), oil on canvas 12 5/8 x 13 3/8in. (32 x 34cm.)
Painted in 1919
Deux Femmes en Corsage bleu (Les deux soeurs)
the stamped signature lower right Renoir (L. 2137b), oil on canvas 12 5/8 x 13 3/8in. (32 x 34cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
The Artist's Estate
Sale, Paris, 27 May 1932, lot 12 (17,000 Ffr, bought by Mme. Jeanne Lanvin)
Jeanne Lanvin, Paris
Prince de Polignac, Paris
Galerie Malingue, Paris
Sale, Paris, 27 May 1932, lot 12 (17,000 Ffr, bought by Mme. Jeanne Lanvin)
Jeanne Lanvin, Paris
Prince de Polignac, Paris
Galerie Malingue, Paris
Literature
A. André & M. Elder, L'Atelier de Renoir, San Francisco, 1989, pl. 221, no. 698
Ed. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1931, vol. II, no. 698, pl. 221 (illustrated)
Ed. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1931, vol. II, no. 698, pl. 221 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, May 1942, no. 36