Le sucrier

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Le sucrier
signed with the initial 'R' (lower left)
oil on canvas
4¾ x 5 5/8 in. (12 x 14.5 cm.)
Painted in 1911

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist on 17 January 1912.
Joseph Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 29 April 1912.
Marie-Louise d'Alayer, née Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom received from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1993, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Renoir, April - May 1912, no. 60.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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.

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville have confirmed that this painting is included in their Bernheim-Jeune archives as an authentic work.

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