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Property from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schmit I Provenant de la Collection de M. & Mme. Robert Schmit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Le Concierge de Monsieur Paul Bérard

Lot Closed

December 5, 02:16 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schmit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1841 - 1919

Le Concierge de Monsieur Paul Bérard


signed Renoir. (upper left) 

oil on canvas 

22,1 x 16,3 cm; 8¾ x 6⅜ in.

Executed in 1879.


This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

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Provenant de la Collection de M. & Mme. Robert Schmit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1841 - 1919

Le Concierge de Monsieur Paul Bérard


signé Renoir. (en haut à gauche) 

huile sur toile

22,1 x 16,3 cm; 8¾ x 6⅜ in.

Exécuté en 1879.


Cette œuvre sera incluse dans le Catalogue Raisonné de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, actuellement en préparation sous l'égide du Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Please note that the updated provenance is: Paul Bérard, Château de Wargemont (probably) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 March 1935, lot 54 (titled Portrait d'un inconnu) Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (acquired at the above sale) Erich-Maria Remarque, Porto-Ronco (acquired from the above by June 1935) Sam Salz, New York (acquired from the above) Knoedler & Co, New York (acquired from the above on 9 July 1943) Pauline Sabin Davis, Washington, D.C. (acquired from the above on 22 October 1943) Christie's London, 11 April 1972, lot 25 Private collection (acquired at the above sale) Joy Smith Christie's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 306 (consigned by the above) Galerie Schmit, Paris Private collection, France Thence by descent to the present owner

Paul Bérard, Château de Wargemont (probably)

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 March 1935, lot 54 (titled Portrait d'un inconnu)

Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (acquired at the above sale)

Erich-Maria Remarque, Porto-Ronco (acquired from the above by June 1935)

Sam Salz, New York (acquired from the above)

Knoedler & Co, New York (acquired from the above on 9 July 1943)

Pauline Sabin Davis, Washington, D.C. (acquired from the above on 22 October 1943)

Christie's London, 11 April 1972, lot 25

Private collection (acquired at the above sale)

Joy Smith

Christie's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 306 (consigned by the above)

Galerie Schmit, Paris

Private collection, France

Thence by descent to the present owner

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Privately Owned: a selection of works of art from collections in the Washington area, 1952, no. 231, no. 44

François Daulte, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, figures 1860-1890, vol. I, Lausanne, 1971, no. 294, illustrated

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858-1881, vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. 550, p. 536, illustrated