Woman with a Cat, c. 1875

Inscription

lower left: Renoir.

Provenance

Ernest Hoschedé [1837-1891], Paris; (his sale, Paris, 6 June 1878, no. 75); purchased by Count de Rasty, Paris; Countess de Rasty sold 1925/1926 to (Paul Rosenberg and Co., Paris); sold by 1932 to Benjamin E. Levy [d. 1952], Paris, and Ridgefield, Connecticut; gift 1950 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1899

Exposition de tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir & Sisley, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, no. 79 (possibly)

1900

Exposition universelle, Paris, 1900, no. 558

1925

Les grandes influences au dix-neuvième siècle, Paul Rosenberg, Paris, 1925, no. 13

1932

Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 558

1933

Exposition Renoir, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1933, no. 32, repro.

1938

Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 205, repro.

1950

Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infantry, Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1950, no. 10, repro.

1986

Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 40, repro.

1992

From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 49, repro.

1996

Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 154-155, color repro.

1999

Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat. (substitute for painting returned early to NGA).

2005

Impressionnisme et naissance du Cinématographe, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2005, no. 33, repro.

2013

Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.

2016

Renoir, Image of Women, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Seoul Museum of Art; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, 2016-2017 (shown only in Kyoto and Seoul).

Bibliography

1931

Elder, Marc. L’Atelier de Renoir. 2 vols. Paris, 1931:I:29.

1935

Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Renoir. New York, 1935: 51, 68, 445 no. 38.

1937

McBride, Henry. "The Renoirs in America: In Appreciation of the Metropolitan Museum's Exhibition," Art News 35, no. 31 (1 May 1937): 59.

1943

Graber, Hans. Auguste Renoir nach eigenen und fremden Zeugnissen. Basel, 1943:167-168, possibly 134.

1944

Drucker, Michel. Renoir. Paris, 1944: 45, 197 under no. 32.

1944

Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. London, 1944: 162, 337.

1963

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 324, repro.

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 111.

1968

Bodelsen, Merete. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874-94 in the light of some unpublished 'procès-verbaux'." The Burlington Magazine 110 (June 1968): 339-340.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 100, repro.

1971

François Daulte. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I: Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 162

1973

Fahy, Everett, and Francis John Bagott Watson. The Wrightsman Collection. Vol. 5: Paintings, drawings, sculpture. New York, 1973:187.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 292, repro.

1978

Leymarie, Jean. Renoir. Paris, 1978: repro. 30.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 462, no. 669, color repro.

1984

White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, 1984: 51, 84, repro. 58.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 336, repro.

1985

Fezzi, Elda. L'opera complete di Renoir nel period impressionista 1869-1883. Paris, 1985:no.214, repro.

1997

Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1997: no. 227, repro.

2007

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 0388.

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