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Auguste Renoir

Landscape at Vétheuil, c. 1890

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 11.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

framed: 27.9 x 31.8 x 4.1 cm (11 x 12 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.72

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

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Inscription

lower center: renoir

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.

1956: Loan to the Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, 1956.

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 33

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. 47, repro

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 62, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

Bibliography

1918: Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918: II: repro. 69.

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: 62, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 471, no. 690, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 346, repro.

2007: Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 2:no. 838.