MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Panneau pour Œdipe: Œdipe roi

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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Panneau pour Œdipe: Œdipe roi
stamped with the signature 'Renoir' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
oil on canvas
37 7⁄8 x 14 3⁄8 in. (96.1 x 36.5 cm.)
Painted in Paris circa 1895
Provenance
The artist's estate, Paris.
(Possibly) Jean Masurel, Paris.
(Possibly) Jacques Dubourg, Paris.
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York.
Charles K. Lick, New York.
Maurice Stewart, Chicago, by 1973, until at least 1979.
Lloyd Altschul, Chicago; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2004, lot 237.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2012, lot 313.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
Literature
Bernheim-Jeune, ed., L'Atelier de Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1931, no. 110, n.p. (illustrated pl. 39; titled 'Œdipe').
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. III, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2139, p. 245 (illustrated; catalogued alongside partner panel).
'Quoi de neuf au macm de mougins?', in Mougins infos, no. 79, Mougins, Summer 2021, p. 29 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, February - April 1973, no. 66, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Renoir, September - November 1979, no. 55B, n.p. (illustrated n.p.); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum, November - December 1979.
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of the Arts, on loan 1989 - 2001.
Mougins, Espace Culturel, Mythes et héros, April - May 2012 (no cat.).
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2012-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA130MA).
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

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