Nude, c. 1895

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 84.3 x 67.1 cm (33 3/16 x 26 7/16 in.)

framed: 104.1 x 88 x 7.6 cm (41 x 34 5/8 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

Accession Number

1967.13.1

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right: Renoir.

Provenance

From the artist c. 1895 to Roux de Billancourt, Paris; (Roux de Billancourt sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 November 1898, no. 55); purchased by (Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris);[1] sold 1916 through (Jos Hessel, Paris) to Dikran Khan Kélékian [1868-1951], Paris;[2] (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 30 January 1922, no. 146); purchased by Charles Sheeler [1883-1965].[3] Eugene [1875-1959] and Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970], Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.; gift 1967 to NGA.

[1] Durand-Ruel photo in NGA photograph archives, labelled no. 3051; copy in NGA curatorial files.

[2] According to a letter of 31 August 1971 from François Daulte to David Rust, in NGA curatorial files. The letter mentions only "Hessel," but this was probably Jos Hessel, a dealer in Paris.

[3] Annotated sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

American Art Association
Drouot, Hôtel
Durand-Ruel et Cie
Hessel, Jos
Kélékian, Dikran Khan
Meyer, Agnes Ernst
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes Ernst
Roux de Billancourt
Sheeler, Charles

Exhibition History

1921: Paintings by Modern French Masters Representing the Post-Impressionists & Their Predecessors, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1921, no. 195.

1974: Loan for display with permanent collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 1974-1980.

1984: Loan for display with permanent collection, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 1984-1987.

Bibliography

1920: Collection Kélékian: Tableaux de l'Ecole Française Moderne. Paris, New York, Cairo, 1920: plate 63

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 296, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 341, repro.