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Esquisse de laveuses, paysage
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Esquisse de laveuses, paysage
stamped with signature 'Renoir.' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
oil on canvas
12 ½ x 13 7⁄8 in. (31.6 x 35.3 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Esquisse de laveuses, paysage
stamped with signature 'Renoir.' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
oil on canvas
12 ½ x 13 7⁄8 in. (31.6 x 35.3 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Provenance
The artist's estate, until 1922.
Alfred Weinberger, Paris, by whom acquired in 1925; deposited with Banque Morgan & Cie, Paris.
Confiscated from the above by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), on 8 September 1941, and transferred to the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) (inv. WBG 124), on 4 December 1941.
Galerie Segoura, Paris.
Mr & Mrs G., Neuilly-sur-Seine, by whom acquired from the above in the 1980s, and thence by descent, circa 2021.
Restituted to the heir of Alfred Weinberger in 2025; sale, Giquello, Paris, 5 December 2025, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Alfred Weinberger, Paris, by whom acquired in 1925; deposited with Banque Morgan & Cie, Paris.
Confiscated from the above by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), on 8 September 1941, and transferred to the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) (inv. WBG 124), on 4 December 1941.
Galerie Segoura, Paris.
Mr & Mrs G., Neuilly-sur-Seine, by whom acquired from the above in the 1980s, and thence by descent, circa 2021.
Restituted to the heir of Alfred Weinberger in 2025; sale, Giquello, Paris, 5 December 2025, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre, 1939-1945: II: Tableaux, tapisseries et sculptures, Paris, 1947, no. 6396, p. 284.
Bernheim-Jeune (ed.), L'atelier de Renoir, vol. II, San Francisco, 1989, no. 497, p. 241 (illustrated pl. 157; with incorrect dimensions).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. V, 1911-1919, 1er supplément, Paris, 2014, no. 3998, p. 213 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Bernheim-Jeune (ed.), L'atelier de Renoir, vol. II, San Francisco, 1989, no. 497, p. 241 (illustrated pl. 157; with incorrect dimensions).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. V, 1911-1919, 1er supplément, Paris, 2014, no. 3998, p. 213 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
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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