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La femme à l'éventail
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
La femme à l'éventail
signed 'Renoir.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19¾ x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1906
La femme à l'éventail
signed 'Renoir.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19¾ x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1906
Provenance
Nathan Cummings, New York, by 1973.
Victor Smorgon, Melbourne, by whom acquired in December 1978.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1987, lot 29.
Acquired at the above by the previous owner.
Victor Smorgon, Melbourne, by whom acquired in December 1978.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1987, lot 29.
Acquired at the above by the previous owner.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1918, no. 460 (illustrated p. 116).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, March - May 1956 (titled 'Jeune fille à l'éventail'). Saint John, Canada, New Brunswick Museum, November 1957 - May 1958.
Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, March - April 1965.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 1965.
London, 10 Downing Street, on loan to the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, March 1971 - August 1972.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Major works from the Collection of Nathan Cummings, October - December 1973, no. 17 (illustrated p. 26).
Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, March - April 1965.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 1965.
London, 10 Downing Street, on loan to the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, March 1971 - August 1972.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Major works from the Collection of Nathan Cummings, October - December 1973, no. 17 (illustrated p. 26).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium