PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, (1841-1919)

Buste de femme Painted in 1911

Buste de femme
signed 'Renoir.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
36.7 x 28.5cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/4in).
Painted in 1911

This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Critical Catalogue, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired directly from the artist; until 1919).
Etienne Bignou, Paris.
J. M. Fontanille Collection, Paris (1978).
Private collection, Japan.

Literature
A. Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins, Paris, 1918 (San Francisco, 1989, revised edition), no. 512 (illustrated p. 129).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Vol. III, 1895 - 1902, Paris, 2010, no. 2260 (illustrated p. 323; dated circa 1900).