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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Description
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- PORTRAIT DE HENRI LEROLLE
- signed Renoir (upper left)
- oil on canvas
- 45.4 by 35cm., 17 3/4 by 13 3/4 in.
Provenance
Henri Lerolle, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Mme Henri Lerolle, Paris
Jacques Lerolle, Paris (by descent from the above; sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 17th June 1960, lot 101bis)
Sale: Christie's, London, 27th March 1973, lot 50
Dr Gustav Rau Art Foundation (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie's, London, 8th February 2005, lot 254)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Mme Henri Lerolle, Paris
Jacques Lerolle, Paris (by descent from the above; sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 17th June 1960, lot 101bis)
Sale: Christie's, London, 27th March 1973, lot 50
Dr Gustav Rau Art Foundation (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie's, London, 8th February 2005, lot 254)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Renoir, 1996, no. 81, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, De Fra Angelico à Bonnard, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Collection Rau, 2000-01, no. 66
Bergamo, Accademia Carrara, La collezione Rau, Da Beato Angelico a Renoir a Morandi, Sei secoli di grande pittura europea, 2002, no. 66
Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, De Fra Angelico à Bonnard, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Collection Rau, 2000-01, no. 66
Bergamo, Accademia Carrara, La collezione Rau, Da Beato Angelico a Renoir a Morandi, Sei secoli di grande pittura europea, 2002, no. 66
Literature
Colin Bailey, Renoir's Portraits, Impressions of an Age (exhibition catalogue), New Haven & London, 1997, illustrated