拍品专文
"RENOIR LOVED TO DO FLOWERS, AND USED THEM OFTEN, SPOTTED ABOUT IN LARGER COMPOSITIONS AND AS SUBJECTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. LATER ON, HE PAINTED THEM AS 'EXPERIMENTS IN FLESH TONES' FOR THE NUDE. HE WAS SENSITIVE NOT ONLY TO THE COLOUR AND OBVIOUS BEAUTY OF FLOWERS, BUT ALSO TO THEIR LIVING CHARACTER; THEY STAND RIGIDLY UPRIGHT, THEY ARE TWISTED IN GROWING, AND OCCASIONALLY THEY DROOP, WITH UNFAILING INSIGHT, HE PENETRATES THEIR NATURALNESS" (W. PACH, RENOIR).