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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Sucrier. Fragment
  • signé R (en bas à gauche)
  • huile sur toile
  • 13,6 x 21 cm ; 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Collection particulière, France
Jean-Pierre Chapelle, France (depuis 1978)

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. I, Paris, 1918, no. 613, reproduit p. 155

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is a slight undulation to the canvas. The impasto is strong and well preserved. There is a tiny dent towards the lower left quadrant. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. Otherwise this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'R' (lower left); oil on canvas.