Jeanne Samary

1878

Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (including taped edges): 19 x 17.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 in.)
    framed: 32.4 x 29.9 x 3.8 cm (12 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marie-Joseph Paul Lagarde [1851-1903], Paris.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[3] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] Husband of the sitter; not included in the sale of the Lagarde collection held at the Galerie Georges Petit 27 January 1897.
[2] Exhibited as part of Molyneux collection in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art.
[3] Purchase date recorded in the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

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, as "Red Head" -- Portrait of Mlle. Samary.

1956

  • Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956

1958

  • Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 35, as "Red Head" - Portrait of Mlle. Samary.

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. 49, repro., as Red Head (Mlle. Samary)

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 72, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

Bibliography

1918

  • Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918: no. 110.

1971

  • Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 264

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 302, repro.

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 72, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 347, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left in monogram: AR

Wikidata ID

Q20188842

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