Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
Jeune Fille Tricotant (Drawing for the Letter 'L'), 1879
Sale 2087 - Impressionist and Modern Art, Featuring the Collection of John and Rosetta Gernon
Oct 28, 2024
12:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Lot Description
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
Jeune Fille Tricotant (Drawing for the Letter 'L'), 1879
Pen and brown ink on paper
Signed Renoir (lower right)
Sheet size: 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (13.7 x 10.8cm)
This lot is located in Chicago.
Provenance:
Collection of Edmond Renoir, the artist's brother.
Sotheby's, London, sale of July 7, 1960, lot 101.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Laing Galleries, Toronto, Canada.
Exhibited:
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
Literature:
Gazette des Beaux Arts, March 1943, p. 171 (illustrated).
John Rewald, Renoir Drawings, H. Bittner & Co., New York, 1946, p. 12, used as an illustration within the text.
Arts, September 3, 1948 (illustrated).
Guy-Patrice et Michel Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Dessins, et Aquarelles, 1858-1881, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2007, Vol. 1, p. 619, no. 666 (illustrated).
Note:
The present work was executed in 1879 for Edmond Renoir, the artist's brother, as the initial L for one of his articles.
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