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Auguste Renoir

Landscape between Storms, 1874/1875

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 24.4 x 32.6 cm (9 5/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

framed: 45.1 x 52.7 x 6.7 cm (17 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.65

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

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Inscription

lower left: renoir

Provenance

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

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. 37

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. 40, repro

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

2001: Extended loan for use by Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2001-2004.

2001: Extended loan for use by Administrator Michael O. Leavitt in his office at the Environmental Protection Agency, 2004-2005.

2004: Extended loan for use by Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005.

2005: Extended loan for use by Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2005-2009.

Bibliography

1918: Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918: repro. 39.

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

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 344, 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: 70-71, color repro.

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