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The Collection of Lorinda Payson de Roulet
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
La femme aux lilas (Portrait de Nini Lopez)
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
La femme aux lilas (Portrait de Nini Lopez)
signed ‘Renoir.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 x 23 ½ in. (73.5 x 59.8 cm.)
Painted in 1876-1877
La femme aux lilas (Portrait de Nini Lopez)
signed ‘Renoir.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 x 23 ½ in. (73.5 x 59.8 cm.)
Painted in 1876-1877
Provenance
Grégoire Balacéano, Paris.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris.
Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram, Paris and Béziers (acquired from the above, 2 June 1905).
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 25 May 1906).
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London and M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (jointly acquired from the above, 1 January 1929).
Joan Whitney and Charles Shipman Payson, New York (acquired from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, December 1929).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris.
Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram, Paris and Béziers (acquired from the above, 2 June 1905).
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 25 May 1906).
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London and M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (jointly acquired from the above, 1 January 1929).
Joan Whitney and Charles Shipman Payson, New York (acquired from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, December 1929).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
A. Cartault, "Le Mouvement artistique: Les expositions du mois" in La revue du mois, vol. 8, no. 15, January-June 1913, p. 512.
G. Kahn, "La Revue de la Quinzaine" in Mercure de France, vol. 102, no. 379, April 1913, p. 636.
O. Mirabeau, Renoir, Paris, 1913, p. 57 (illustrated in color).
Bernheim-Jeune, eds., L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois, Paris, 1919, vol. 2, p. 96 (illustrated, pl. 106).
G. Coquiot, Renoir, Paris, 1925, pp. 15 and 148.
A. Salmon, "Cinquante ans de peinture francaise: 1875-1925" in L'Art vivant, vol. I, no. 12, June 1925, pp. 1 and 4 (illustrated, p. 1).
G. Waldemar, "Cinquante ans de la peinture francaise" in L'Amour de l'art, no. 7, July 1925, p. 275.
A. Lhote, "Les Arts: Cinquante ans de la peinture francaise" in La nouvelle revue francaise, vol. 19, no. 143, August 1925, p. 246.
A. Flament, "La Quinzaine: Tableaux de Paris" in La revue de Paris, vol. 34, no. 2, March-April 1927, p. 687.
"A travers les galeries" in Art et Industrie, vol. 22, no. 4, April 1927, p. 56.
R. Bouyer, "Les Expositions" in Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne, supplément de la revue de l'art, no. 737, April 1927, p. 118.
A. Basler, Les peintres francais nouveaux: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1928, vol. 32, p. 23 (illustrated; dated 1880).
G.G., "Art" in Spectator, vol. 142, no. 5268, June 1929, p. 928.
"Modern French Masterpieces" in Country Life, vol. 65, no. 1693, June 1929, p. 964.
C. Carstairs, "Renoir" in Apollo, vol. 10, no. 55, July 1929, p. 36.
H.S. Chiolkowski, ed., "London Critics" in Art Digest, vol. 3, no. 18, July 1929, p. 16.
H. Whitman, "Londoner Ausstellungen" in Der Cicerone, July 1929, vol. 21, no. 14, July 1929, p. 414.
F. Watson, "A Great Renoir Exhibition" in The Arts, vol. 16, no. 1, September 1929, p. 237 (illustrated, p. 236).
J.B. Mason, "The Renoir Exhibition in New York" in Apollo, vol. 10, no. 59, November 1929, pp. 257 and 260.
A. McMahon, ed., "Art Activities in New York" in Parnassus, vol. I, no. 7, November 1929, p. 5.
A. Galvano, "Armando spadini e il gusto degli Impressionisti" in L'Arte, vol. 3, no. 35, July 1932, pp. 319 and 327 (illustrated, p. 327, fig. 2; dated 1880).
H. McBride, "The Renoirs in America: In Appreciation of the Metropolitan Museum's Exhibition" in The Art News, vol. 35, no. 31, May 1937, p. 60.
"December Exhibitions in New York City" in Pictures on Exhibit, vol. 2, no. 3, December 1938 (illustrated on the front cover).
L. Knoedler Sterner, "Knoedler Century: Selling Art Since 1846 to an Expanding Country" in Art News, vol. 45, no. 2, April 1946, p. 21 (illustrated).
M. Drucker, Renoir, Paris, 1955, pp. 38 and 150, no. 38 (illustrated, p. 38; with incorrect provenance).
H. and J. Dauberville, La bataille de l'impressionnisme, Paris, 1967, p. 576 (illustrated in situ in the Bernheim-Jeune salon).
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1971, vol. I, no. 224 (illustrated).
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista, 1869-1883, Milan, 1972, p. 102, no. 302 (illustrated).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 14 and 360, no. 318 (illustrated, p. 359; illustrated again in situ in the Bernheim-Jeune salon, p. 15).
G. Kahn, "La Revue de la Quinzaine" in Mercure de France, vol. 102, no. 379, April 1913, p. 636.
O. Mirabeau, Renoir, Paris, 1913, p. 57 (illustrated in color).
Bernheim-Jeune, eds., L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois, Paris, 1919, vol. 2, p. 96 (illustrated, pl. 106).
G. Coquiot, Renoir, Paris, 1925, pp. 15 and 148.
A. Salmon, "Cinquante ans de peinture francaise: 1875-1925" in L'Art vivant, vol. I, no. 12, June 1925, pp. 1 and 4 (illustrated, p. 1).
G. Waldemar, "Cinquante ans de la peinture francaise" in L'Amour de l'art, no. 7, July 1925, p. 275.
A. Lhote, "Les Arts: Cinquante ans de la peinture francaise" in La nouvelle revue francaise, vol. 19, no. 143, August 1925, p. 246.
A. Flament, "La Quinzaine: Tableaux de Paris" in La revue de Paris, vol. 34, no. 2, March-April 1927, p. 687.
"A travers les galeries" in Art et Industrie, vol. 22, no. 4, April 1927, p. 56.
R. Bouyer, "Les Expositions" in Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne, supplément de la revue de l'art, no. 737, April 1927, p. 118.
A. Basler, Les peintres francais nouveaux: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1928, vol. 32, p. 23 (illustrated; dated 1880).
G.G., "Art" in Spectator, vol. 142, no. 5268, June 1929, p. 928.
"Modern French Masterpieces" in Country Life, vol. 65, no. 1693, June 1929, p. 964.
C. Carstairs, "Renoir" in Apollo, vol. 10, no. 55, July 1929, p. 36.
H.S. Chiolkowski, ed., "London Critics" in Art Digest, vol. 3, no. 18, July 1929, p. 16.
H. Whitman, "Londoner Ausstellungen" in Der Cicerone, July 1929, vol. 21, no. 14, July 1929, p. 414.
F. Watson, "A Great Renoir Exhibition" in The Arts, vol. 16, no. 1, September 1929, p. 237 (illustrated, p. 236).
J.B. Mason, "The Renoir Exhibition in New York" in Apollo, vol. 10, no. 59, November 1929, pp. 257 and 260.
A. McMahon, ed., "Art Activities in New York" in Parnassus, vol. I, no. 7, November 1929, p. 5.
A. Galvano, "Armando spadini e il gusto degli Impressionisti" in L'Arte, vol. 3, no. 35, July 1932, pp. 319 and 327 (illustrated, p. 327, fig. 2; dated 1880).
H. McBride, "The Renoirs in America: In Appreciation of the Metropolitan Museum's Exhibition" in The Art News, vol. 35, no. 31, May 1937, p. 60.
"December Exhibitions in New York City" in Pictures on Exhibit, vol. 2, no. 3, December 1938 (illustrated on the front cover).
L. Knoedler Sterner, "Knoedler Century: Selling Art Since 1846 to an Expanding Country" in Art News, vol. 45, no. 2, April 1946, p. 21 (illustrated).
M. Drucker, Renoir, Paris, 1955, pp. 38 and 150, no. 38 (illustrated, p. 38; with incorrect provenance).
H. and J. Dauberville, La bataille de l'impressionnisme, Paris, 1967, p. 576 (illustrated in situ in the Bernheim-Jeune salon).
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1971, vol. I, no. 224 (illustrated).
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista, 1869-1883, Milan, 1972, p. 102, no. 302 (illustrated).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2007, vol. I, pp. 14 and 360, no. 318 (illustrated, p. 359; illustrated again in situ in the Bernheim-Jeune salon, p. 15).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Renoir, March 1913, no. 12.
London, Grosvenor House, Art francais: Exposition d'art décoratif contemporain, 1880-1885, June 1914, p. 21, no. 69 (titled Les Lilas).
Paris, Musée de Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Cinquante ans de peinture francaise: 1875-1925, May-July 1925, p. 16, no. 65 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cinquante Renoir: Choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, February-March 1927, pp. 12 and 15, no. 47 (illustrated, p. 12).
Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Portraits et figures de femmes: Ingres à Picasso, June 1928, p. 23, no. 152.
Lucerne, Galerie Thannhauser, Exposition de peintures de l'école impressionniste et neo-impressionniste, February 1929, no. 14.
Glasgow and London, The Lefevre Galleries, Masterpieces by Nineteenth Century French Painters, April-July 1929, no. 5 (illustrated).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Classical Period of Renoir, November 1929, no. 5 (illustrated, pl. V).
New York, Caroll Carstairs Gallery, "The 1870s" In France, December 1938.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., An Exhibition of Paintings and Prints of Every Description on the Occasion of Knoedler One Hundred Years, 1846-1946, April 1946, no. 84.
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Loan Exhibition: The 19th Century Heritage for the Benefit of Greenwich House, March-April 1950, p. 47, no. 21 (illustrated).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, March-April 1950, p. 40, no. 24 (illustrated, p. 51).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, summer 1959, p. 8, no. 94.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculptures from Private Collections, July-September 1968, p. 22, no. 186.
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, From Goya to Wyeth: The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, September-December 1980, no. 24 (illustrated in color).
London, Grosvenor House, Art francais: Exposition d'art décoratif contemporain, 1880-1885, June 1914, p. 21, no. 69 (titled Les Lilas).
Paris, Musée de Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Cinquante ans de peinture francaise: 1875-1925, May-July 1925, p. 16, no. 65 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cinquante Renoir: Choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, February-March 1927, pp. 12 and 15, no. 47 (illustrated, p. 12).
Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Portraits et figures de femmes: Ingres à Picasso, June 1928, p. 23, no. 152.
Lucerne, Galerie Thannhauser, Exposition de peintures de l'école impressionniste et neo-impressionniste, February 1929, no. 14.
Glasgow and London, The Lefevre Galleries, Masterpieces by Nineteenth Century French Painters, April-July 1929, no. 5 (illustrated).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Classical Period of Renoir, November 1929, no. 5 (illustrated, pl. V).
New York, Caroll Carstairs Gallery, "The 1870s" In France, December 1938.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., An Exhibition of Paintings and Prints of Every Description on the Occasion of Knoedler One Hundred Years, 1846-1946, April 1946, no. 84.
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Loan Exhibition: The 19th Century Heritage for the Benefit of Greenwich House, March-April 1950, p. 47, no. 21 (illustrated).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, March-April 1950, p. 40, no. 24 (illustrated, p. 51).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, summer 1959, p. 8, no. 94.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculptures from Private Collections, July-September 1968, p. 22, no. 186.
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, From Goya to Wyeth: The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, September-December 1980, no. 24 (illustrated in color).
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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