Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Portrait de femme à la robe rose

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Portrait de femme à la robe rose
signed top right 'Renoir'
pastel over pen and black ink and pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board
20 5/8 x 19½in. (65.4 x 49.5cm.)
Drawn in 1881

Provenance

Marczell de Nemès, Budapest; sale, Galerie Manzi--Joyant, Paris, June 18, 1913, lot 118 (illustrated)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Roger Janssen, Brussels
Jean Picard, Montreal; sale, Christie's, New York, May 11, 1989, lot 111
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above)

Exhibited

Budapest, Zépmüvészeti Múzeumban, date unknown
Munich, Alte Pinakothek Royall, 1911, no. 35
Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Sammlung Marczell von Nemès--Budapest, 1912, no. 109 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

A photo-certificate from François Daulte dated Lausanne, October 18, 1989 accompanies this pastel, which will be included in the forthcoming volume VI (Pastels, aquarelles et dessins) of his Renoir catalogue raisonné.