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Lot Description

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841-1919)

Etude pour La Bergere, La Vache, La Brebis, c. 1885

watercolor, pen, ink and pencil on paper

signed Renoir (lower center)

11 ½ x 13 ½ inches.

Provenance:
(Possibly) Ambroise Vollard, Paris
M. du Renault, Paris
Wildenstein & Co., New York
Leonard and Yoland (Sheriff) Joseph, acquired from the above, 1968
By descent to present owner, 2014

Literature:
Ambroise Vollard, Tableau, Pastel et Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vol. I, Paris, 1918, p. 58, no. 230, illus.
Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, San Francisco, 1989, p. 58, no. 230, illus.
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue Raisonne des tableau, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 1882-1894, Vol II. Paris, 2009, p. 228, no. 1047, illus. (with incorrect medium)

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