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Inscription

lower left: A. Renoir. 70.

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Provenance

Anonymous collection, Paris.[1] (Galerie Heinemann, Munich) from 1913; sold 1916 to Hans Wendland [b. 1880]. [2] (Dr. Gottlieb Friedrich Reber [1880-1959], Basel); sold to (Paul Rosenberg & Co., London, New York, and Paris); [3] sold 1928 to (Hugo Perls, New York); [4] from 1931 with (Paul Rosenberg & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1933 to Chester Dale [1882-1963], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Letter from Paul Rosenberg to Chester Dale, dated 31 March 1942, in which Rosenberg described having seen the picture in an apartment in Paris before 1914 (copy NGA curatorial files).

[2] Galerie Heinemann records, no. 12082 (copies NGA curatorial files).

[3] Letter from Paul Rosenberg to Chester Dale, dated 31 March 1942, in which Rosenberg explains that Reber was an intermediary for a German private collection. This is likely Wendland, who bought the painting in 1916. The painting is included in the list of Reber's collection compiled by Peter Kropmanns and Uwe Fleckner, "Von Kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Freidrich Reber und seine Sammlungen," in Die Moderne und ihre Sammler (Berlin, 2001), p 392, but was not lent by Reber to any known exhibitions of his collection.

[4] See letter from Hugo Perls dated 25 November 1968, in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History

1870
Salon of 1870, Paris, no. 2406 as Femme d'Alger.
1888
Exposition, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1888, no. 14 as Femme d'Alger
1892
Exposition A. Renoir, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1892, no. 27 as Femme d'Alger
1900
Possibly Exposition A. Renoir, Galeries Bernheim Jeune et Fils, Paris, 1900, no. 49 as Femme algérienne.
1904
Possibly Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, no. 463a.
1913
L'Art français du XIXe siècle, Munich, 1913, repro. no. 190
1931
Probably Exposition coloniale internationale, Grand Palais, Paris, 1931.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1984
The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse, The Allure of North Africa and the Near East, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984, no. 106, repro.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1870
Cham, pseud. Le Charivari (29 June 1870): 3.
1870
Houssaye, Arsène. "Le Salon de 1870." L'Artiste 9e série, XIII (June 1870): 319-320 [cited in John Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1973: 246, 268 n.14].
1873
Chaumelin, Marius. L'Art contemporain. Paris, 1873:417.
1908
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Modern Art. 5 vols. London, 1908:II:290.
1909
Geffroy, Gustave. "Renoir, peintre de la femme." L'Art et les artistes X, no. 57 (December 1909): repro. p. 110.
1919
Duret, Théodore. Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cezanne, Guillaumin. 2nd ed. Paris, 1919: 84, 94.
1920
Vollard, Ambroise. Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1920: repro. opposite 228.
1923
Fosca, François. Renoir. Paris, 1923: 23-24.
1924
Duret, Théodore. Renoir. Paris, 1924:33-34.
1926
Hertz, Henri. "Renoir." Art in America XIV, no. 2 (February 1926):52.
1929
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Renoir. Leipzig, 1929: 38-40, 44, repro. p. 39, no. 22.
1931
"Le Palais permanent des colonies." Beaux-Arts. 9 (35 July 1931):3.
1931
M. F. "La Section des Beaux-Arts et les Petites Expositions à l'Exposition Coloniale." L'Art et des artistes N.S. 22, no. 199 (July 1931): 348.
1933
Roger-Marx, Claude. Renoir. Paris, 1933: 19.
1934
Vollard, Ambroise. Renoir: An Intimate Record. New York, 1934:236.
1935
Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Renoir. New York, 1935: 50n, 51n, 80n, 200n. 443, no. 17.
1935
Tietze, Hans. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935: 296, repro. (English ed., Masterpieces of European Painting in America. New York, 1939: 296, repro.). ).
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: 12.
1940
"Chester Dale Loans to the National Gallery." Art Digest 16 (15 November 1940):9
1940
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. New York, 1940: 22, 61, 337, repro. pl. 6B.
1941
Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 12, repro. pl. XXIII
1941
"The Chester Dale Pictures on loan to the National Gallery of Art." Magazine of Art 34 no. 9 (November 1941): 476+, repro.
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 64, repro.
1943
Graber, Hans. Auguste Renoir nach eigenen und fremden Zeugnissen. Basel, 1943:11, 12, 39, 39-40 n. 2.
1944
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 168, color repro.
1944
Drucker, Michel. Renoir. Paris, 1944: 182.
1944
Frost, Rosamund. Pierre Auguste Renoir. New York, 1944:7.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 64, repro.
1944
Jewell, Edward Alden. French Impressionists and their Contemporaries Represented in American Collections. New York, 1944: repro. 67.
1944
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. London, 1944: 22, 61, 337, repro. pl. 6B
1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1946:199, repro.
1947
Gowling, Lawrence, Intro. Renoir. London and Paris, 1947: 5.
1948
Loan Exhibition of Masterpieces by Delacroix and Renoir for the beneit of the New York Heart Association. Exh. cat. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, 1948:15.
1949
Wilenski, Reginald H. Modern French Painters. New York, 1949: xiii, repro. 6A.
1950
A Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary. Exh. cat. Wildenstein, New York, 1950: 25.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 74, repro.
1954
Rouart, Denis. Renoir. Geneva, 1954:5, 22, 27, repro.
1957
Fox, Milton. A Gallery of Portraits by Renoir. New York, 1957: 2.
1959
Cooper, Douglas. "Renoir, Lise and the Le Coeur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development - I: Lise." The Burlington Magazine 101 (1959):168, repro.
1961
Fosca, François. Renoir, His Life and Work. London, 1961:21.
1961
Giudice, Piero Del. Gli Impressionisti. Milan, 1961: 45.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 325, repro.
1965
Frankfurter, Alfred. "How Great is the Dale Collection?" Art News 64 (May 1965):53.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 108, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 113
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:442, color repro.
1968
Hanson, Lawrence. Renoir: The Man, The Painter, and his World. New York, 1968: 96, 98, 110.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 100, repro.
1970
Renior. Paris, Réalités Hachette, 1970:14, 233.
1971
Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 48
1971
Daulte, François. August Renoir. Milan, 1971: 20, repro. 21.
1971
Richter, Antje. Auguste Renoir. Berlin, 1971:12.
1972
Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista 1869-1883. Milan, 1972: no. 52, repro.
1972
Fox, Milton S. Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Gallery of Portraits. New York, 1972:4
1973
Champa, Kermit S. Studies in Early Impressionism. New Haven and London, 1973: 40, 90, repro. 88.
1973
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1973: 239-240, repro.
1974
Fouchet, Max-Pol. Les Nus de Renoir. Paris and Lausanne, 1974:100-101, repro. 103.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 296, repro.
1975
Whelden, Keith. Renoir and his art. London and New York, 1975:43, repro.
1976
Gaunt, William. Renoir. Oxford, 1976: 7, repro.
1978
De Poli, Franco. Renoir. Munich, 1978:14, 31, 88.
1978
Martini, Alberto. Renoir. New York, 1978: repro. plate XIII.
1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1980:229, 242, 438, repro.
1980
Monneret, Sophie (intro). Guida alla pittura di Renoir. Milan, 1980:7, 18, 40, 42, 128, 162, no. 47.
1982
Gaunt, William. Renoir. 3rd. ed. Oxford, 1982: repro. 8.
1982
Rosenthal, Donald. Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800-1880. Exh. cat., Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1982: 143, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 469, no. 688, color repro.
1984
White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, 1984: 33+, repro.
1985
Arts Council of Great Britain. Renoir. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery , London, Galleries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985-1986:194, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 340, repro.
1985
Rouart, Denis. Renoir. Rev. ed., New York, 1985: 22, repro. 23.
1992
Marandel, Jean-Patrice. "Frédéric Baziille: The Lure of Exoticsim." In Frédéric Bazille Prophet of Impressionism. Exh. cat. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1992: 73, repro. fig. 33.
1993
Bajou, Valérie. Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870. Aix-en-Provence, 1993:172-173, repro. 164
1993
Gost, Roswitha. Der Harem. Cologne, 1993: repro. p. 41
1994
Beaudan, Colette Juillard. L'imaginaire de la femme enfermée: le regard des peintres et des écrivans du XIXe siècle Français sur la femme orientale. 2 vols. Ph.D. diss, City University of New York, 1994: II: 2, repro.
1994
Tinterow, Gary and Henri Loyrette. Origins of Impressionism. Exh. cat. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994:337, under no. 13.
1995
Distel, Anne. Renoir A Sensuous Vision. New York, 1995: 31, repro.
1996
Adriani, Götz. Renoir. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Tübingen, 1996: 83, repro.
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,no.117,repro.
1997
Matisse: La révélation m'est venue de l'Orient, Exh. cat., Musei capitolini, Rome, 1997: 86, repro.
1997
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 213, repro.
1998
Rayfield, Susan. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998: 51-54, repro. 52.
2000
Lemaire, Gérard-Georges. L'univers des orientalistes. Pairs, 2000: 260, repro.
2001
Kropmanns, Peter and Uwe Fleckner, "Von Kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Freidrich Reber und seine Sammlungen," in Die Moderne und ihre Sammler. Berlin, 2001:392
2003
Benjamin, Roger. Renoir and Algeria. Exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2003: 18, repro.
2006
Brettell, Richard R., and Stephen F. Eisenman. Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum. New Haven and London, 2006: 330 fig. 87a.
2007
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice and Michel. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles 1858-1881. Paris, 2007: 1: no. 293

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