Young Girl Reading
c. 1888
Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
painted surface: 14.8 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
overall size: 15.5 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
framed: 30.8 x 29.5 x 5.1 cm (12 1/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1970.17.71
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris). Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 55, repro
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 60, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
Bibliography
1918
Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918:2:84, repro.
1971
François Daulte. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I: Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 527, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 300, repro.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 60, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 345, repro.
1997
Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 128-129, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: R.
Wikidata ID
Q20189988