Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Enfants jouant à la balle

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Enfants jouant à la balle, c. 1900, edition of 200 (Stella, 32). Signed within the matrix, identified on a label from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, affixed to the backing. Color lithograph on heavy laid paper, image size 23 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (60.1 x 51.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Sheet stretched with staining and residues to margins/tacking edges, gentle toning (more pronounced to margins wrapped behind the stretcher), printing flaw or repair to image u.r.

Provenance: Purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, by Mr. Seymour Feiring, Yonkers, New York, in 1951, as a gift for his mother, then by descent to the current owner.

N.B. The original purchase receipt accompanies the lot.