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Lot 393
  • 393

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • RUE A VILLENEUVE-LES-AVIGNON
  • signed Renoir (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21.5 by 33cm., 8 1/2 by 13in.

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie de l'Art Moderne, Paris
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner circa 1950

Exhibited

Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, Paysages de France, 1963, no. 49

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins, Paris, 1918, vol. I, no. 125, illustrated p. 32
Ambroise Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1919, illustrated p. 34

Condition

The canvas is lined. UV examination reveals a few specks of retouching to the sky and the path. There is some light craquelure mainly to the white pigment. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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