Peaches on a Plate

1902/1905

Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.2 x 35.6 cm (8 3/4 x 14 in.)
    framed: 43.1 x 56.8 x 6 cm (16 15/16 x 22 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.79


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the artist before 1919 by Ambroise Vollard, Paris.[1] (Sam Salz Inc., New York); sold 6 November 1958 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] See “Pêches dans une assiette," 1902-1905 (WPI Ref. No. PRWDRH).” In Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné Project. Edited and compiled by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. https://digitalprojects.wpi.art/renoir (accessed 19 February 2025).
[2] Invoice from Sam Salz dated 6 November 1958 in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 46, repro

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

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. 45, 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, pl. 50.

Bibliography

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: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985

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

Inscriptions

lower left with atelier stamp: Renoir

Wikidata ID

Q20190828


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