Portrait de Lucienne

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Portrait de Lucienne
signed 'Renoir' (upper left)
oil on canvas
14¾ x 12 5/8 in. (36 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1919

Provenance

Private collection, Scandinavia, by whom acquired in 1952, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2003, lot 224.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot.

Lot Essay

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Renoir catalogue critique being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute and established from the archive funds of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein.

We are grateful to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville for confirming that this painting is included in their Bernheim-Jeune archives as an authentic work.

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