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Lot 346
  • 346

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Nature morte aux amandes
  • signed Renoir (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 20.6 by 33.2cm., 13 by 8 1/8 in.

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 28th July 1916)
Durand-Ruel, New York (acquired from the above in November 1917 and until at least 1949)
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above)
Jerome K. Ohrbach, Los Angeles (sale: Sotheby's New York, 14th November, 1990, lot 363)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition: Paintings by Renoir, 1918, no. 4

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Canvas is lined. Surface is slightly dirty. Under UV light no inpaintings are apparent although some original pigments fluoresce.
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