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lower right: A.Renoir. 79

Provenance

Sold by the artist 1911 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, Paris stock no. 9739; New York stock no. 3536); sold May 1912 to Arthur B. Emmons; (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 January 1920, no. 47); purchased by (Durand-Ruel, New York, stock no. 4419) and (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold February 1922 to Adolph Lewisohn [c. 1849-1938], New York; [1] by inheritance to his son Sam A. Lewisohn [1884-1951], New York; bequest 1951 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1882
Possibly 7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 151, as Canotiers
1912
Renoir, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, 1912, no. 5
1912
Tableaux par Renoir, Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, 27 April - 15 May 1912, no. 27
1912
Views on the Seine by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Durand Ruel, New York, 1937, no. 3., repro.
1912
VII Ausstellung, Cassirer, Berlin, 1912
1920
International Exhibition of Paintings, The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 29 April - 30 June 1930, no. 281.
1926
Exhibition of Works by Pierre -August Renoir (1941-1919), Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, London, 1925, as Canotiers.
1928
Loan Exhibition of Paintings from Memling, Holbein, and Titian to Renoir and Picasso, Reinhardt Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 21
1933
Exposition Renoir, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1933, no. 10, repro.
1934
Landscape Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1934, no. 55, repro.
1937
Renoir: A Special Exhibition of His Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1937, no. 24, repro.
1937
"Views on the Seine" by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1937, no. 3
1940
Masterpieces of Art. European & American Paintings 1500-1900, New York World's Fair, 1940, no. 329.
1941
Loan Exhibition in Honor of Royal Cortissoz and his 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1941, no. 24
1941
Renoir Centennial Loan Exhibition 1841-1941 for the Benefit of the Free French Relief Committee, Duveen Galleries, 1941, no. 31, repro.
1946
Paintings from New York Private Collections, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, no. cat.
1950
Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infantry, Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1950, no. 29, repro.
1951
The Lewisohn Collection: A Catalogue ... before the dispersal of bequests to various museums and galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1951, no. 68
1984
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Grand Palais, Paris, 1984-1985
1986
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 31, repro.
1996
Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party", The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1996-1997, pl. 56, repro.
2001
Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master 1870-1892, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo; Nagoya City Art Museum, 2001, no. 15, repro.
2002
Renoir o Pintor Da Vida, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, 2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2007
Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883, The National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007-2008, no. 50, repro., as Rowers at Chatou (shown only in London and Ottawa).
2010
Impressionism on the Seine, Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, 2010, no. 31, repro.
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 44, repro.
2013
Impressionists on the Water, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor Museum; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2013-2014, pl. 122.
2017
Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2017-2018.

Bibliography

1924
Vollard, Ambroise Auguste Renoir. Berlin, 1924: repro.
1926
Hertz, Henri. "Renoir." Art in America XIV, no. 2 (February 1926): repro. p. 49.
1928
Bourgeois, Stephan. The Adolph Lewisohn Collection of Modern French Paintings and Sculptures. New York, 1928:124, 131, repro.
1928
Cortissoz, Royal. "Auguste Renoir and the Cult for Beauty" International Studio (August 1928): repro.
1928
"Old and Modern Masters Shown at Reinhardt's." Art News 26 (3 March 1928):8.
1929
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Renoir. Leipzig, 1929:95-96, repro. no. 34.
1930
Vollard, Ambroise. Renoir: An Intimate Record. New York, 1930:239.
1931
Wilenski, R.H. French Painting. Boston, 1931: 262, 267 n. 1
1932
Bourgeois, Stephan and Waldemar George. "The French Paintings of the XIX and XX Centuries in the Adolph and Samuel Lewisohn Collection." Formes 28-29 (1932): 306, repro.
1933
Roger-Marx, Claude. Renoir. Paris, 1933:29.
1935
Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Renoir. New York, 1935: 52-55, 64n, 382-383, no. 24, repro.
1935
Bertram, Anthony. August Renoir. London, 1935: repro. plate II.
1937
Duret, Théodore. Renoir. New York, 1937: repro. 51.
1937
Frost, Rosamund. "The Seine of the Impressionists." Art News (23 January 1937):10, repro.
1937
Lewisohn, Samuel. Painters and Personality: A Collector's View of Modern Art. New York, 1937:220, repro. plate 101.
1937
McBride, Henry. "The Renoirs in America: In Appreciation of the Metropolitan Museum's Exhibition," Art News 35, no. 31 (1 May 1937):60.
1938
Florisoone, Michel. Renior. Paris, 1938: repro. 108.
1940
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. New York, 1940: 5, 6, 22, 31, 74. repro. plate 6A.
1941
Cheney, Sheldon. The Story of Modern Art. New York, 1941:repro. 197.
1944
Drucker, Michel. Renoir. Paris, 1944:183, 185.
1944
Frost, Rosamund. Pierre Auguste Renoir. New York, 1944:32, repro.
1944
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. London, 1944: 5, 6, 22, 31, 74, pl. 6A.
1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1946: repro.
1948
Leclerc, André. Renoir. New York, 1948: repro. 16.
1949
Wilenski, Reginald H. Modern French Painters. New York, 1949: xiii, 6, 22, repro. 6A.
1952
Catinat, Maurice. Les Bords de la Seine avec Renoir et Maupassant. Chatou, 1952: 39, repro. 37.
1952
Renoir, Jean. "My Memories of Renoir." Life (19 May 1952):93, repro.
1954
Rouart, Denis. Renoir. Geneva, 1954:53, repro.
1957
Fox, Milton. A Gallery of Portraits by Renoir. New York, 1957:2.
1961
Fosca, François. Renoir, His Life and Work. London, 1961:120.
1962
Leymarie, Jean. French Painting: The Nineteenth Century. Geneva, 1962:195.
1962
Renoir, Jean. Renoir, My Father-. Boston and Toronto, 1962:214.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 325, repro.
1964
Perruchot, Henri. "Renoir et Monet à la Grenouillière." Jardin des Arts 113 (April 1964): 58, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 112.
1968
Hanson, Lawrence. Renoir: The Man, The Painter, and his World. New York, 1968: 183,198.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 99, repro.
1968
Tyler, Parker. Renoir. New York, 1968: no 20, color repro.
1970
Renior. Paris, Réalités Hachette, 1970:64, 82, 124, 198, repro.
1971
François Daulte. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I: Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 307.
1972
Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 370, repro. pl. XL.
1972
Rieff, Robert. "Review of F. Daulte Auguste Renoir Volume 1, Figures." Art Bulletin 54 (December 1972): 560.
1973
Fahy, Everett, and Francis John Bagott Watson. The Wrightsman Collection. Vol. 5: Paintings, drawings, sculpture. New York, 1973: under no. 190.
1973
Patterson, Jerry E. "The Appreciation of Renoir." Art News 72, no. 2 (February 1973):44.
1973
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1973: 433, 456, repro. 432.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 292, repro.
1976
Gaunt, William. Renoir. Oxford, 1976: repro. 32
1978
Berhaut, Marie. Caillebotte, sa vie et son oeuvre. Catalogue raisonne des peintures et pastels. Paris, 1978. Rev. ed. 1994: 9, repro.
1978
Leymarie, Jean. Renoir. Paris, 1978: repro. 25.
1978
Martini, Alberto. Renoir. New York, 1978:14, no. 33, repro. plate XXXIII.
1982
Gaunt, William. Renoir. 3rd. ed. Oxford, 1982: repro. 32.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 462, no. 673, color repro.
1984
White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, 1984:95, repro. 97.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 336, repro.
1986
The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886. Exh. cat. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; National Gallery of Art, Washington. San Francisco, 1986: 395.
1988
Herbert, Robert L. Impressionism: Art, Leisure and Parisian Society. New Haven, 1988:252-254, 258, 303, 313, repro.
1992
Feist, Peter H. Malerei des Impressionismus. 2 vols. Cologne, 1992: I:11, repro.
1995
Distel, Anne. Renoir A Sensuous Vision. New York, 1995:71, repro.
1996
Berson, Ruth, ed. The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886 -- Documentation. 2 vols. San Francisco, 1996: 1:413; 2I:211, no. VII-151, repro.
1996
Rathbone, Eliza E., et al. Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. Washington, 1996:34-35, 73, repro. pl. 56.
1996
Sagner-Düchting, Karin. Renoir: Paris and the Belle Epoque. Munich, 1996:98-99, repros. 92, 94.
1997
Bailey, Colin B. Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an age.Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, 1997:320, n.6.
1997
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1997: no. 222, repro.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 381, no. 315, color repro.
2008
Vallès-Bled, Maïthé. Vlaminck. Paris, 2008: 298 under no. 130, repro.
2009
Vincent van Gogh -- Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes. Exh. cat. Kunstmuseum Basel, 2009: 93, fig. 53.

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