Lot 350
  • 350

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Le Pont
  • signed Renoir (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 20.7 by 33cm., 8 1/8 by 13in.

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Tanner, Zurich
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1949; sale: Sotheby’s, London, 7th December 1983, lot 113)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, Les tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. I, no. 538, illustrated p. 135

Condition

The canvas is lined and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is some light frame rubbing along the upper edge with a few tiny flecks of associated paint loss predominantly towards the upper left corner. There is a very minor protrusion to the canvas towards the left part of the lower edge and away from the signature. This work is in overall good condition.
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