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Auguste Renoir

Georges Rivière, 1877

Not on View

Medium

oil on cement

Dimensions

overall: 36.8 x 29.3 cm (14 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)

framed: 61 x 52.4 x 7 cm (24 x 20 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.64

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: Renoir.77

Provenance

The sitter, Georges Rivière [1855-1943], France. 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]Included in 1952 exhibition of Molyneux collection at the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Rivière, Georges

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.

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 36.

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. 48, repro.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 103, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2010: Renoir: Tradition and Innovation, The National Art Center, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2010, no. 4, repro.

2017: Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2017-2018, no. 20, repro.

Bibliography

1921: Rivière, Georges. Renoir et ses Amis. Paris, 1921:35.

1948: Zahar, Marcel. Renoir. London, 1948: xii, no. 27, repro.

1953: Berr de Turique, Marcelle. Renoir. Paris, c. 1953: repro. plate 23.

1966: Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966): 42.

1971: Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 259

1972: Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 301.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 298, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 46, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1980: Monneret, Sophie (intro). Guida alla pittura di Renoir. Milan, 1980:170, no. 287.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 471, no. 692, color repro.

1984: White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, 1984:repro. 79.

1985: Arts Council of Great Britain. Renoir. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery , London, Galleries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985-1986: 212, under no. 41.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 344, repro.

1997: Bailey, Colin B. Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an age. Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1997,140, repro. 158.

2000: Brettell, Richard R. Impressionism: Painting Quickly in France. Exh. cat., The National Gallery, London; van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. New Haven and London, 2000: 170, repro. 116.

2007: Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 546.

2011: Robison, Andrew. "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 45 (Fall 2011): 32, color repro.