Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919)
La partie de tennis
La partie de tennis
bears the signature 'Renoir' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19.4 x 35.1cm (7 5/8 x 13 13/16in).
Painted circa 1895
This work will be included in the critical catalogue of the works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, London, by 1950.
M. D. Oliphant, Esq. Collection, Wallasey, Cheshire (acquired from the above, August 1950).
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Gallery, French Masters of the XIX and XX Century, March - April 1950, no. 36.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Renoir, April - May 1951, no. 14.
Wallasey, Central Library Wallasey, An Exhibition of French Pictures, 12 May - 7 June 1958, no. 11.
Literature
A. Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, San Francisco, 1989, no. 687 (illustrated as part of a larger pre-existing canvas, p. 173).
G.-P & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Vol. III, 1895 - 1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2116 (illustrated as part of a larger pre-existing canvas, p. 235).
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La partie de tennis
La partie de tennis
bears the signature 'Renoir' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19.4 x 35.1cm (7 5/8 x 13 13/16in).
Painted circa 1895
This work will be included in the critical catalogue of the works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, London, by 1950.
M. D. Oliphant, Esq. Collection, Wallasey, Cheshire (acquired from the above, August 1950).
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Gallery, French Masters of the XIX and XX Century, March - April 1950, no. 36.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Renoir, April - May 1951, no. 14.
Wallasey, Central Library Wallasey, An Exhibition of French Pictures, 12 May - 7 June 1958, no. 11.
Literature
A. Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, San Francisco, 1989, no. 687 (illustrated as part of a larger pre-existing canvas, p. 173).
G.-P & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Vol. III, 1895 - 1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2116 (illustrated as part of a larger pre-existing canvas, p. 235).