Young Girl Reading, c. 1888

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

painted surface: 14.8 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
overall size: 15.5 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

framed: 30.8 x 29.5 x 5.1 cm (12 1/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.71

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: R.

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris). Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Vollard, Ambroise

Exhibition History

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 55, repro

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 60, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

Bibliography

1918: Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918:2:84, repro.

1971: François Daulte. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I: Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 527, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 300, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 60, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 345, repro.

1997: Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 128-129, color repro.