Jeune musicien à la guitare

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Jeune musicien à la guitare
signed with the monogram 'R' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
22 3/8 x 16¾ in. (56.7 x 42.5 cm.)

Provenance

Plaza Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by present owner in the 1950s.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

This work will be included in volume II or subsequent volumes of the Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles de Renoir being prepared by Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville published by Bernheim-Jeune.

The owner of this drawing was living in New York in the 1950s where he befriended the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), who advised him in purchasing and collecting art.

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