Lot 479
  • 479

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • Petite fille en chemise au bord de la mer (fragment)
  • signed with the initials AR (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 14.1 by 11.7cm., 5 by 4 1/2 in.

Provenance

Roger Grandclaudon, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1980

Literature

Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1989, no. 1072, illustrated p. 240 (larger canvas illustrated)

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There are some very thin lines of craquelure to the upper and lower right corners. There is some very minor paint shrinkage to the deep blue pigment. There is a minor spot of paint loss to the lower right and upper left corner This work is in overall good condition.
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