Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919 A Girl with a Watering Can, 1876 oil on canvas Overall: 100.3 x 73.2 cm (39 1/2 x 28 13/16 in.) framed: 125.7 x 97.5 x 6.9 cm (49 1/2 x 38 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.) Chester Dale Collection 1963.10.206 |
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Provenance
Possibly commissioned c. 1876 for the Sellière Collection, Paris; by inheritance to Comte Batthiany by 1898; Alexandre Rosenberg, Paris. Possibly Paul Bérard, Paris. [1] Alexandre Berthier [1883-1918], 4th Prince de Wagram; sold probably by his heirs though (Canadeesche Hypothek Bank) through (Étienne Bignou, Paris) to (Alex Reid and Lefevre, London); on joint account with (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris) and (Marcel Kapferer); sold 1931 through (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris) to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; [2]bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]According to an annotated photograph in the albums of the Bignou Gallery now at the documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay (copy NGA curatorial files) [2] Reid & Lefevre Paintings Sold, sheet no. 204, #14/29 B1405 gives acquisition source and partial share information (Lefevre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, TGA 2002/11, Box 283).
Associated Names
- Batthiany, Count
- Bignou, Etienne
- Canadeesche Hypothek Bank
- Dale, Chester
- Kapferer, Marcel
- Knoedler & Company, M.
- Reid & Lefèvre, Ltd, Alex
- Rosenberg, Alexandre P.
- Sellière
- Wagram, Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de
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