Lot 118
  • 118

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Paysage (fragment)
  • bears the signature Renoir (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 26.4 by 29.5cm., 10 3/8 by 11 5/8 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner in the early 1960s

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, n.n., illustrated p. 97
Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, San Francisco, 1989, no. 1239, illustrated p. 265
Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Catalogue raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Dessins et Aquarelles, 1903-1910, Paris, 2012, vol. IV, no. 3151, illustrated p. 278

Condition

The canvas is lined. There do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is some minor discolouration to the right and left edges consistent with handling and previous framing. This work is in overall very good condition.
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