Woman by a Fence

1866

Auguste Renoir

Associated Names
Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

This painting depicts a woman standing, facing the right, with her left arm resting on a wooden post or walking stick. She has pale orange skin and dark hair, and is wearing a long, light-colored dress with a light blue skirt. In her right hand, she holds an object with a red ribbon - perhaps a white parasol. The background shows branches of a tree on the left with green leaves above her and, to the right, an indistinct light blue and beige area with some fencing or wooden posts. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, with few fine details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25 x 16.1 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
    framed: 40.6 x 32.1 x 5.1 cm (16 x 12 5/8 x 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.66

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris). Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art.

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 Woman in a Park.

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. 43, repro

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, unnumbered catalogue, re

1989

  • Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1971

  • Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 21

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 298, repro.

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 50, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 344, repro.

2007

  • Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 289.

Inscriptions

lower left: AR.

Wikidata ID

Q20188689

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