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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Portrait de Richard Wagner
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Portrait de Richard Wagner
signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)
pencil on paper
11 x 8 ½ in. (28 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1882
Portrait de Richard Wagner
signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)
pencil on paper
11 x 8 ½ in. (28 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1882
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Dutar collection, France.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (no. 20321), by whom acquired from the above on 14 May 1914.
Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 7978), on consignment November 1913, until April 1919.
Werner Reinhart, Winterthur, by 1929.
Hans Reinhart, Winterthur, by descent from the above.
Dr Fritz & Peter Nathan, Zurich.
Rosenberg & Co., New York (no. 6119), by whom acquired from the above on 25 January 1965.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 13 November 1971.
Private collection, London, by August 1983, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Dutar collection, France.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (no. 20321), by whom acquired from the above on 14 May 1914.
Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 7978), on consignment November 1913, until April 1919.
Werner Reinhart, Winterthur, by 1929.
Hans Reinhart, Winterthur, by descent from the above.
Dr Fritz & Peter Nathan, Zurich.
Rosenberg & Co., New York (no. 6119), by whom acquired from the above on 25 January 1965.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 13 November 1971.
Private collection, London, by August 1983, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
V. Wilder, 'Richard Wagner', in La vie moderne, no. 8, vol. 50, Paris, 24 February 1883, p. 129 (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, August Renoir, Munich, 1911, pp. 112 & 114.
A. Basler & R. Allard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, no. 32, Paris, 1928, p. 29 (illustrated; titled 'Esquisse pour le portrait de Richard Wagner').
A. Vollard, Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux, Paris, 1937, n.p. (illustrated pl. XVI).
W. Uhde, Les Impressionnistes, Vienna, 1937, p. 30 (illustrated).
E. Lockspeiser, 'The Renoir portraits of Wagner', in Music and Letters, no. 1, January 1937, p. 18 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'The Sketch').
C. Terrasse, Cinquante portraits de Renoir, Paris, 1941, n.p. (illustrated pl. 21; titled 'Richard Wagner').
J. Rewald, Renoir Drawings, New York, 1946, no. 11, pp. 16-17 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait of Richard Wagner' and dated '1882-1883').
'Mit funf Wagner-Portraits von Auguste Renoir', in Schweizerische Musikzeitung 77, no. 7, Zurich, 15 July 1947, p. 277 (illustrated n.p.)
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, 1882-1894, Paris, 2009, no. 1464, p. 488 (illustrated p. 487; with incorrect medium).
J. Meier-Graefe, August Renoir, Munich, 1911, pp. 112 & 114.
A. Basler & R. Allard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, no. 32, Paris, 1928, p. 29 (illustrated; titled 'Esquisse pour le portrait de Richard Wagner').
A. Vollard, Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux, Paris, 1937, n.p. (illustrated pl. XVI).
W. Uhde, Les Impressionnistes, Vienna, 1937, p. 30 (illustrated).
E. Lockspeiser, 'The Renoir portraits of Wagner', in Music and Letters, no. 1, January 1937, p. 18 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'The Sketch').
C. Terrasse, Cinquante portraits de Renoir, Paris, 1941, n.p. (illustrated pl. 21; titled 'Richard Wagner').
J. Rewald, Renoir Drawings, New York, 1946, no. 11, pp. 16-17 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait of Richard Wagner' and dated '1882-1883').
'Mit funf Wagner-Portraits von Auguste Renoir', in Schweizerische Musikzeitung 77, no. 7, Zurich, 15 July 1947, p. 277 (illustrated n.p.)
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, 1882-1894, Paris, 2009, no. 1464, p. 488 (illustrated p. 487; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Winterthur, Kunstverein, Moderne Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus verschiedenen Winterthurer Privatsammlungen, ergänzt durch Museumsbesitz, September - October 1929, no. 157, p. 51.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Seit Cézanne in Paris, November - December 1929, no. 306, p. 15 (titled 'Bildnis Richard Wagner').
Basel, Kunsthalle, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June - August 1935, no. 215, p. 29.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Seit Cézanne in Paris, November - December 1929, no. 306, p. 15 (titled 'Bildnis Richard Wagner').
Basel, Kunsthalle, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June - August 1935, no. 215, p. 29.
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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