Lot 458
  • 458

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • La maison de la poste à Cagnes
  • stamped Renoir (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 20.8 by 32cm., 8 1/4 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12th June 1926, lot 88
Private Collection

Literature

Bernheim-Jeune (ed.), L’Atelier de Renoir, San Francisco, 1989, no. 238, illustrated p. 75
Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1903-10, Paris, 2012, vol. IV, no. 3041, illustrated p. 211

Condition

The canvas is lined. There do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There are some fine lines of stable craquelure and paint shrinkage in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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