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Auguste Renoir

Woman in a Park, 1866

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 26.1 × 16.1 cm (10 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

framed: 46.99 × 37.4 × 9.53 cm (18 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.68

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

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Inscription

lower right: 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, as Woman in a Landscape.

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. 52, repro

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 54, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1918: Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918: I:6, no. 21.

1971: Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 51

1972: Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 49.

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

1980: Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1980: 439, repro.

1980: Monneret, Sophie (intro). Guida alla pittura di Renoir. Milan, 1980: no.51.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 465, no. 681, color repro.

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

1997: Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 217, repro.

2007: Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 290.