Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841–1919)
Au Moulin de la Galette, c. 1895-1905
Sale 908 - Prints and Multiples
Sep 29, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$30,000 -
$50,000
Sold for $34,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841–1919)
Au Moulin de la Galette, c. 1895-1905
pastel counterproof on Japan paper
18 5/8 x 24 inches.
Provenance:
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Henri M. Petiet, Paris, after 1939
Thence by descent through the family
Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd. and Adelson Galleries, New York, by 2005
Exhibited:
New York, Adelson Galleries, Renoir: The Pastel Counterproofs, November 1 - December 23, 2005, no. 1, pp. 18-19, illus.
At the behest of Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard, from 1895 to 1905 French lithographer Auguste Clot created a series of counterproofs after pastels by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. To create the artworks, Clot applied a damp sheet of tissue-thin Japan paper over a pastel drawing and pulled the two sheets through a lithographic press. This created a mirror image softer in tone than the original pastels, but which retain their ethereal qualities. The original pastel, c. 1875-76, of the present lot is in the National Museum, Belgrade, Serbia (illustrated in Denis Rouart, The Unknown Degas and Renoir in the National Museum of Belgrade, New York, 1964, pp. 98-9).
Renoir gave Vollard his blessing to make the counterproofs; however, the dealer kept them hidden on expectations of a rising art market. After Vollard’s death in 1939, the collection was acquired by Henri Petiet, a Parisian print dealer and collector. The counterproofs descended through the Petiet family after his death in the early 1980s. Marc Rosen, a New York dealer, discovered the counterproofs in early 2004 when the heirs asked him to review the estate. In 2005, 34 of the re-discovered counterproofs were exhibited for the first time in a century in Renoir: The Pastel Counterproofs, held at Adelson Galleries in New York, in conjunction with Marc Rosen.
Condition Report
Framed: 30 1/2 x 36 inches.
Tissue: 19 1/4 x 24 inches.
Laid to support sheet measuring 22 x 27 1/4 inches.
Slight uneven toning to sheet, surface dirt, otherwise appears to be in good, stable condition. Please request additional images.
Tissue: 19 1/4 x 24 inches.
Laid to support sheet measuring 22 x 27 1/4 inches.
Slight uneven toning to sheet, surface dirt, otherwise appears to be in good, stable condition. Please request additional images.
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