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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CAPTAIN SIR THOMAS BARLOW SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Enfant coiffé d'un béret

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Enfant coiffé d'un béret
charcoal on paper
12¼ x 10¼ in. (31.4 x 26 cm.)
Drawn in 1890-95

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (no. 12480).
Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, London (no. 8114).
Acquired from the above by Sir Thomas Barlow, Bt., KCVO, MD, FRCP, FRS, London, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

J. Rewald, Renoir Drawings, New York, 1946, no. 73.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This work is registered by Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville in the Bernheim-Jeune Archives as an authentic work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and it is sold with a letter confirming its authencity.

Sir Thomas Barlow was Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria and then to Edward VII. He was the family's first baronet. After his death, this drawing passed down to his grandson, Capt. Sir Thomas Barlow, who was the third baronet.

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