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Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 22 June 1892) Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Société Impériale d'Encouragement des Arts à St-Pétersbourg, L'Exposition Française des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs, 1899, no. 293, p. 29 (titled Torse de baigneuse ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Oeuvres importantes de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley , 1925, no. 4, p. 3 (titled Baigneuse assise ) Vienna, Secession Wien, 82. Ausstellung der Secession: Die führenden Meister der französischen Kunst im neunzehnten Jahrhundert , 1925, no. 63, p. 36 (titled Badende ) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Cinquante Renoir choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, 1927, no. 24, p. 14 (titled Nu au bord de la mer ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Quelques oeuvres importantes de Manet à van Gogh , 1932, no. 44, p. 14; p. 16, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Renoir 1841-1919 , 1933, no. 94, p. 41 (titled Baigneuse ) New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Masterpieces by Renoir, 1935, no. 14, n.p. (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Hommage à Renoir, 1958, no. 34, p. 11 Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Auguste Renoir, 1958, no. 28, p. 39, pl. 17, illustrated; p. 64 Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Renoir Intime , 1969, no. 30, n.p. (titled Baigneuse ) Kunstverein in Hamburg, Französische Impressionisten: Hommage à Durand-Ruel, 1970-71, no. 42, n.p., illustrated Tokyo, Galerie Seibu; Fukuoka, Cultural Center Museum and Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Renoir , 1971-72, no. 34, n.p.. illustrated in color Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Cent ans d'impressionnisme. Hommage à Paul Durand-Ruel, 1974, no. 54, n.p., illustrated Trento, Palazzo delle Albere, Renoir: un quadro per un movimento, 1982, no. 14, n.p., illustrated London, Hayward Gallery; Paris, Grand Palais and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Renoir , 1985-86, no. 86, p. 274; p. 275, illustrated in color (Paris); no. 88, p. 141, illustrated in color; p. 259, illustrated (London and Boston) (titled Bather ) Paris, Grand Palais; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Renoir au XXe siècle , 2009-10, no. 8, p. 180; p. 181, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Musée Marmottan-Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé: Cent chefs-d'oeuvre de collections particulières , 2014, no. 91, p. 196; p. 197, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse au rocher )

Literature

Albert André, Renoir , Paris, 1923, pl. 25, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Henri de Regnier; Bernheim-Jeune, ed., Renoir, peintre du nu , Paris, 1923, pl. 21, illustrated Georges Duthuit, Renoir , Paris, 1923, p. 59, illustrated Jean-Gabriel Goulinat, “Technique picturale: Le métier des impressionistes,” L'Art vivant, no. 3, February 1925, p. 20, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Gustave Coquiot, Renoir , Paris, 1925, between pp. 120-21, illustrated (titled Fillette au bain ) Albert André, Renoir, Paris, 1928, pl. 44, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Lionello Venturi, "Renoir," L'Arte , vol. 36, no. 6, November 1933, p. 481, illustrated (titled Bagnante ); p. 483 (titled Baigneuse ) The Art News, vol. XXXIII, no. 24, 16 March 1935, p. 16, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) "Exhibitions in New York," The Art News, vol. XXXIII, no. 25, 23 March 1935, p. 15, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Marcelle Berr de Turique, Renoir , Paris, 1952, pl. 66, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Denis Rouart, The Taste Of Our Time: Renoir , Geneva, 1954, pp, 74 and 76; p. 75, illustrated in color Bruno F. Schneider, Renoir , Berlin, 1957, p. 59, illustrated in color Hermann Bünemann, Renoir , Ettal, 1959, p. 105, illustrated; p. 214 François Daulte, Auguste Renoir, Lausanne, 1970, no. 1106 Jean Clay and René Huyghue, L'Impressionnisme , Paris, 1971, p. 124, illustrated in color; p. 125, detail illustrated in color Elda Fezzi, L'Opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista, 1869-1883 , Milan, 1972, no. 668, p. 119, illustrated François Daulte, Les Impressionnistes: Auguste Renoir, Milan, 1974, p. 54; p. 55, illustrated in color Bruno F. Schneider, Renoir , New York, 1977, pl. 61, illustrated in color William Gaunt, Renoir , Oxford, 1982, no. 41 Denis Rouart, Renoir , Geneva, 1985, p. 86, illustrated in color; pp. 87 and 156 Horst Keller, Auguste Renoir , Munich, 1987, no. 114, p. 138, illustrated; p. 166 (titled Badende ) Nicholas Wadley, ed., Renoir: A Retrospective, New York, 1987, p. 347, illustrated (titled Bather ) Sophie Monneret, Renoir , London, 1990, p. 117, illustrated in color (titled Bather ) Gilles Néret, Renoir: Painter of Happiness, 1841-1919 , Cologne, 2001, p. 323, illustrated in color Adrien Goetz, Comment regarder… Renoir , Paris, 2009, p. 152, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles , 1882-1894 , vol.II, Paris, 2009, no. 1319, p. 392, illustrated (titled Baigneuse )

Catalog summary

Property from the Durand-Ruel Family Collection, Paris Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) Baigneuse assise sur un rocher signed Renoir. and dated 92. (lower right) oil on canvas 32 by 25 ½ in. 81.2 by 65 cm. Executed in 1892. This work will be included in the forthcoming Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. Provenance Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 22 June 1892) Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited Société Impériale d'Encouragement des Arts à St-Pétersbourg, L'Exposition Française des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs, 1899, no. 293, p. 29 (titled Torse de baigneuse ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Oeuvres importantes de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley , 1925, no. 4, p. 3 (titled Baigneuse assise ) Vienna, Secession Wien, 82. Ausstellung der Secession: Die führenden Meister der französischen Kunst im neunzehnten Jahrhundert , 1925, no. 63, p. 36 (titled Badende ) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Cinquante Renoir choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, 1927, no. 24, p. 14 (titled Nu au bord de la mer ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Quelques oeuvres importantes de Manet à van Gogh , 1932, no. 44, p. 14; p. 16, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Renoir 1841-1919 , 1933, no. 94, p. 41 (titled Baigneuse ) New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Masterpieces by Renoir, 1935, no. 14, n.p. (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Hommage à Renoir, 1958, no. 34, p. 11 Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Auguste Renoir, 1958, no. 28, p. 39, pl. 17, illustrated; p. 64 Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Renoir Intime , 1969, no. 30, n.p. (titled Baigneuse ) Kunstverein in Hamburg, Französische Impressionisten: Hommage à Durand-Ruel, 1970-71, no. 42, n.p., illustrated Tokyo, Galerie Seibu; Fukuoka, Cultural Center Museum and Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Renoir , 1971-72, no. 34, n.p.. illustrated in color Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Cent ans d'impressionnisme. Hommage à Paul Durand-Ruel, 1974, no. 54, n.p., illustrated Trento, Palazzo delle Albere, Renoir: un quadro per un movimento, 1982, no. 14, n.p., illustrated London, Hayward Gallery; Paris, Grand Palais and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Renoir , 1985-86, no. 86, p. 274; p. 275, illustrated in color (Paris); no. 88, p. 141, illustrated in color; p. 259, illustrated (London and Boston) (titled Bather ) Paris, Grand Palais; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Renoir au XXe siècle , 2009-10, no. 8, p. 180; p. 181, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Paris, Musée Marmottan-Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé: Cent chefs-d'oeuvre de collections particulières , 2014, no. 91, p. 196; p. 197, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse au rocher ) Literature Albert André, Renoir , Paris, 1923, pl. 25, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Henri de Regnier; Bernheim-Jeune, ed., Renoir, peintre du nu , Paris, 1923, pl. 21, illustrated Georges Duthuit, Renoir , Paris, 1923, p. 59, illustrated Jean-Gabriel Goulinat, “Technique picturale: Le métier des impressionistes,” L'Art vivant, no. 3, February 1925, p. 20, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Gustave Coquiot, Renoir , Paris, 1925, between pp. 120-21, illustrated (titled Fillette au bain ) Albert André, Renoir, Paris, 1928, pl. 44, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Lionello Venturi, "Renoir," L'Arte , vol. 36, no. 6, November 1933, p. 481, illustrated (titled Bagnante ); p. 483 (titled Baigneuse ) The Art News, vol. XXXIII, no. 24, 16 March 1935, p. 16, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) "Exhibitions in New York," The Art News, vol. XXXIII, no. 25, 23 March 1935, p. 15, illustrated (titled Baigneuse ) Marcelle Berr de Turique, Renoir , Paris, 1952, pl. 66, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Denis Rouart, The Taste Of Our Time: Renoir , Geneva, 1954, pp, 74 and 76; p. 75, illustrated in color Bruno F. Schneider, Renoir , Berlin, 1957, p. 59, illustrated in color Hermann Bünemann, Renoir , Ettal, 1959, p. 105, illustrated; p. 214 François Daulte, Auguste Renoir, Lausanne, 1970, no. 1106 Jean Clay and René Huyghue, L'Impressionnisme , Paris, 1971, p. 124, illustrated in color; p. 125, detail illustrated in color Elda Fezzi, L'Opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista, 1869-1883 , Milan, 1972, no. 668, p. 119, illustrated François Daulte, Les Impressionnistes: Auguste Renoir, Milan, 1974, p. 54; p. 55, illustrated in color Bruno F. Schneider, Renoir , New York, 1977, pl. 61, illustrated in color William Gaunt, Renoir , Oxford, 1982, no. 41 Denis Rouart, Renoir , Geneva, 1985, p. 86, illustrated in color; pp. 87 and 156 Horst Keller, Auguste Renoir , Munich, 1987, no. 114, p. 138, illustrated; p. 166 (titled Badende ) Nicholas Wadley, ed., Renoir: A Retrospective, New York, 1987, p. 347, illustrated (titled Bather ) Sophie Monneret, Renoir , London, 1990, p. 117, illustrated in color (titled Bather ) Gilles Néret, Renoir: Painter of Happiness, 1841-1919 , Cologne, 2001, p. 323, illustrated in color Adrien Goetz, Comment regarder… Renoir , Paris, 2009, p. 152, illustrated in color (titled Baigneuse ) Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles , 1882-1894 , vol.II, Paris, 2009, no. 1319, p. 392, illustrated (titled Baigneuse )