PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Lot 607PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Buste de femme nue (fragment)

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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Buste de femme nue (fragment)
bears the signature 'renoir.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
5 5⁄8 x 6 in. (14.2 x 15.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1885

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Ambroise Vollard’s heirs, from whom disposed in 1940.
Martin Fabiani & Étienne Bignou, Paris.
Private collection, London & Paris, by whom acquired in Paris, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Please note that the present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the heirs of Ambroise Vollard.  The settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.

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