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Property from a Prestigious Japanese Collection
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Nu couché ou La Boulangère
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Nu couché ou La Boulangère
signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (54 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1902
Nu couché ou La Boulangère
signed 'Renoir.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (54 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1902
Provenance
Maurice Gangnat, Paris (acquired from the artist); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 June 1925, lot 148.
M. Desportes (acquired at the above sale).
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
Henri-Edmond Canonne, Paris and Geneva (acquired from the above).
Jacques Edmond Canonne, Paris and Geneva (by descent from the above, 1961).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Fujii Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above, 1979).
Masao Wanibuchi, Tokyo (by 1987).
Nakamiya Gallery, Osaka.
Private collection, Japan.
Anon. sale, Mainichi, Tokyo, 29 October 2022, lot 291.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
M. Desportes (acquired at the above sale).
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
Henri-Edmond Canonne, Paris and Geneva (acquired from the above).
Jacques Edmond Canonne, Paris and Geneva (by descent from the above, 1961).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Fujii Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above, 1979).
Masao Wanibuchi, Tokyo (by 1987).
Nakamiya Gallery, Osaka.
Private collection, Japan.
Anon. sale, Mainichi, Tokyo, 29 October 2022, lot 291.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Meier-Graefe, Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1912, p. 169 (illustrated; titled Femme couchée).
H. Regnier, Renoir, Peintre du nu, Paris, 1923, pl. 27 (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, "Die Sammlung Gangnat" in Kunst und Kunstler, vol. XXIII, no. 9, June 1925, p. 348 (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, pp. 288 and 444, no. 294 (illustrated; titled Das Mädchen im Gebüsch).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, vol. III, pp. 432-433, no. 2446 (illustrated).
H. Regnier, Renoir, Peintre du nu, Paris, 1923, pl. 27 (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, "Die Sammlung Gangnat" in Kunst und Kunstler, vol. XXIII, no. 9, June 1925, p. 348 (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, pp. 288 and 444, no. 294 (illustrated; titled Das Mädchen im Gebüsch).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1895-1902, Paris, 2010, vol. III, pp. 432-433, no. 2446 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Tannhauser, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January-February 1927, pp. 140-141, no. 208 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cinquante Renoir choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, February-March 1927, p. 15, no. 35 (titled Femme nue couchée).
Isetan Museum of Art and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Renoir, September-December 1979, no. 65 (illustrated).
Tokyo, First Charity Exhibition of the Wanibuchi Collection, 1987.
Tokyo, Fujii Gallery, Charity Exhibition of the Wanibuchi Collection: From Renoir to Warhol, October 1989.
Osaka, Daimaru Shinsaibashi, French Modern Paintings, 1989.
Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Renoir, July-November 1993, pp. 81-82, no. 26 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cinquante Renoir choisis parmi les nus, les fleurs, les enfants, February-March 1927, p. 15, no. 35 (titled Femme nue couchée).
Isetan Museum of Art and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Renoir, September-December 1979, no. 65 (illustrated).
Tokyo, First Charity Exhibition of the Wanibuchi Collection, 1987.
Tokyo, Fujii Gallery, Charity Exhibition of the Wanibuchi Collection: From Renoir to Warhol, October 1989.
Osaka, Daimaru Shinsaibashi, French Modern Paintings, 1989.
Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Renoir, July-November 1993, pp. 81-82, no. 26 (illustrated).
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Presentado por
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale