
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Deux jeunes filles (Le chapeau au ruban rouge)
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Deux jeunes filles (Le chapeau au ruban rouge)
signed 'Renoir’ (upper left)
oil on canvas
13 x 9 7/8in. (33.1 x 25.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1895
Deux jeunes filles (Le chapeau au ruban rouge)
signed 'Renoir’ (upper left)
oil on canvas
13 x 9 7/8in. (33.1 x 25.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1895
Provenance
(possibly) “Rotscild” collection (according to a label on the reverse).
Bennett Marić, Paris.
Feodor Dobrović, Paris, stolen from the above during World War II.
On deposit with National Museum, Belgrade, in 1957.
Bennett Marić, Santa Monica, restituted from the above in 1961; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 May 1965, lot 13.
Wally Findlay Galleries, Inc., Chicago.
Joan B. Kroc, San Diego, by whom acquired from the above in 1972, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 May 2006, lot 338.
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London.
Private collection, USA, by whom acquired from the above in 2006; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2007, lot 192.
The Great Art Fund VI, David Lerner Associates, Inc., New York, by 2009 and until at least 2010.
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 25 August 2015.
Bennett Marić, Paris.
Feodor Dobrović, Paris, stolen from the above during World War II.
On deposit with National Museum, Belgrade, in 1957.
Bennett Marić, Santa Monica, restituted from the above in 1961; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 May 1965, lot 13.
Wally Findlay Galleries, Inc., Chicago.
Joan B. Kroc, San Diego, by whom acquired from the above in 1972, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 May 2006, lot 338.
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London.
Private collection, USA, by whom acquired from the above in 2006; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2007, lot 192.
The Great Art Fund VI, David Lerner Associates, Inc., New York, by 2009 and until at least 2010.
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 25 August 2015.
Literature
The Connoisseur, February 1970, p.36 (illustrated).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2010, no. 2050, p. 200 (illustrated).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2010, no. 2050, p. 200 (illustrated).
Exhibition
New York, The Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collections, January – March 2009.
New York, The Nassau County Museum of Art, The Subject is Women, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, January – February 2010, pp. 5 & 28 (illustrated p. 5).
New York, Hammer Galleries, Renoir, November 2010 – January 2011, pp. 34 & 35 (illustrated fig. 10, p. 35).
New York, The Nassau County Museum of Art, The Subject is Women, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, January – February 2010, pp. 5 & 28 (illustrated p. 5).
New York, Hammer Galleries, Renoir, November 2010 – January 2011, pp. 34 & 35 (illustrated fig. 10, p. 35).
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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