Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Jeune fille se peignant (La Toilette)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Jeune fille se peignant (La Toilette)
signed and dated 'Renoir. 94.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 18 ¼ in. (55.3 x 46.4 cm.)
Painted in 1894

Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, 7 April 1894).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above).
Robert Lehman, New York (acquired from the above, 1 March 1930 and until at least 1962).
Private collection, New York (1974).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, November 1981.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass

Literature
G. Rivière, Renoir et ses amis, Paris, 1921, p. 271 (illustrated, p. 233).
W. Gaunt, Renoir, London, 1952 (illustrated, pl. 68).
(possibly) H. Büneman, Renoir, Munich, 1959, p. 99.
M. Robida, Renoir: enfants, Laussane, 1959, p. 41 (illustrated in color; titled Jeune fille se peignant).
A. Bosman, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, New York, 1962, p. 88 (illustrated in color, p. 59).
C. Hayes, Renoir, London, 1967 (illustrated in color, pl. 34).
M.-P. Fouchet, Les nus de Renoir, Lausanne, 1974, p. 171 (illustrated, pl. 34; titled Jeune fille se coiffant).
M. Leymaire, Renoir, Paris, 1971, no. 65 (illustrated in color; titled Jeune fille se peignant).
J. Lassaigne, Les Ménines, Fribourg, 1973, p. 40 (illustrated).
S. Lesberg, Impressionism, New York, 1974 (illustrated in color).
N. Harris, A Treasury of Impressionism, New York, 1979, p. 245 (illustrated in color).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1992-1894, Paris, 2009, vol. II, p. 348, no. 1250 (illustrated; titled La Toilette).

Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings by Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, December 1915, no. 16.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, March-April 1950, p. 44, no. 66.
Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, La collection Lehman de New York, May-September 1957, p. 58, no. 76 (illustrated, pl. XXXVI).
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Renoir, April-May 1958, p. 68, no. 54 (with incorrect dimensions).
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Master Paintings, October-November 1981, p. 14, no. 6 (illustrated in color).
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, March-May 2015, p. 56, no. 27 (illustrated in color on a frontispiece; illustrated again in color, p. 57; titled Young Girl Combing Her Hair).