PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR | Deux femmes en promenade

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist by January 6, 1912)
Étienne Bignou, Paris
Mme Crotti, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Stephen Hahn Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above on March 15, 1983

Ambroise Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre Auguste Renoir, vol. II, Paris, 1918, illustrated pl. 95

The work is in very good condition. The canvas has been lined. The canvas is undulating slightly. There are several regular losses along the top edge, likely due to a previous tacking edge. There are a couple scattered surface stains toward the lower left corner. There is a pindot sized hole in the canvas in the lower right quadrant. Under Uv light, there is no inpainting apparent.
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This work will be included in the forthcoming Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

This work will be included in the second supplement to the Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles de Pierre-Auguste Renoir being prepared by Guy Patrice Dauberville and Floriane Dauberville.