Lot 469
  • 469

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Portrait de Gabrielle
  • Signed Renoir. (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 7 1/2 by 7 1/2 in.
  • 19 by 19 cm

Provenance

André Rebuffel, Paris
Galleria dell'Annunciata, Milan
Private Collection, Milan (acquired in the 1950s)
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Arte Moderna in una Raccolta Italiana, 1953, illustrated in the catalogue
Bologna, Galleria La Loggia, 20 Dipinti di Grandi Artisti Europei, 1955, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, La vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1919, no. 643, illustrated pl. 163

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Canvas is not lined though edges are reinforced with tape. There is a layer of varnish on the surface. Under UV light: on small strong fluoresces in the figures hair on the right side, otherwise no inpainting is apparent.
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