Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) - Lot 9

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Bather, circa 1915 Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower right. 17 x 14 cm Provenance : - Collection of Madame B. Paris, acquired circa 1949. - Sale Mes Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaux-Tailleur, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 30, 1994, no. 52, reproduced on p. 39. - Estate of Madame B., Paris. Work from the family estate purchased at this last sale. Bibliography: Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1911 - 1919, Tome V, Paris, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 2014, no. 4388, reproduced p. 452 as Baigneuse or Nu de dos, c. 1915. A certificate n°195-1025 R, from Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, dated October 25, 1995, will be given to the buyer. It indicates that the painting will be listed and reproduced in the catalog raisonné of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's work currently in preparation.