Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estate of the artist
A. & R. Ball, New York
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York (acquired from the above in 1951 and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 16, 1989, lot 325)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above in 1993

Bernheim-Jeune, ed., L'Atelier de Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1931, no. 234, illustrated pl. 74
Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. III, Paris, 2010, no. 1850, illustrated p. 98

This work is in very good condition. Canvas is not lined. Edges are reinforced with tape. There are two pindot losses near center of upper left quadrant. Under UV light a thin strip of unvarnished canvas near extreme lower edge fluoresces but appears to be original and there is one pindot retouch just to the left of the center of the canvas.
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