Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) - Lot 12

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Reclining woman and young girl combing her hair, 1896 Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. On a label on the back of the stretcher "AI - Renoir : Baigneuse couchée 1896. n°339, a.n°4684". On a second label "4684 - Renoir Baigneuses couchées". Pencil inscriptions on the stretcher "Ph 3464" and "N°42". 32.5 x 41.5 cm Certificate from François Daulte dated October 14, 1992. Provenance: - Acquired from the artist on May 26, 1898 by Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris - Durand-Ruel Collection - Private collection Bibliography : - F.Fosca, Renoir, Paris, 1923, pl.11 - W.George, "The Spirit of French Art", the London Studio, January-June 1932, III, p. 33 - H.Bünemman, Renoir, Paris, 1959, p. 104 - F.Daulte, "Auguste Renoir : Catalog Raisonné de l'œuvre peint, V (les natures mortes)" in preparation. Exhibition: - New-York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of "Renoir's Masterpieces", March 12-30, 1935, under no. 26 - Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, "Hommage à Renoir", May 30 to October 15, 1958, under no. 42. - Munich, Städtische Galerie, "Auguste Renoir", November 5 to December 14, 1958, under no. 34, reproduced on p. 44 of the catalog. Related works: Catalog Raisonné of the artist by G.P. and M. Dauberville, "Deux Baigneuses", circa 1896 (no. 2404 p.404) and Les Baigneuses, 1896 (no. 2405 p.404).