Girlhood

c. 1890

Auguste Renoir

Associated Names
Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

The image depicts a sketch of two figures seen from the back. Both figures are shown from the waist up sitting side by side, slightly turned, facing away from the viewer. The two individuals have long, flowing hair and are wearing hats — the figure on the left has a broad-brimmed hat while the one on the right wears a hat adorned with a decorative feature. The clothing of both figures seems to be loose-fitting with draped sleeves and full skirts, drawn with flowing lines. There are no visible facial features due to their orientation. The sketch is on a simple brown paper background with no additional elements or scenery around them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 33.7 cm (13 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
    mount: 38.8 × 35.7 cm (15 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collection, (sale London, Sotheby & Co., March 22, 1961, no. 103); Mrs. William Wilson, New York; Armand Hammer Collection, 1969; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1949

  • L'Enfance (Exposition au profit des Pauvres de la Fédération Nationale des Fils des Morts pour La France), Galerie Chapentier, Paris, 1949, no. 282.

1969

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1969, beginning with Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis; except Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971, Pushkin Museum, Moscow, 1973, and Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, 1976.

Bibliography

1961

  • The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 103 (March 1961), advertisement for Sotheby sale, illus.

Inscriptions

recto: in drawing, at lower right in graphite: Renoir; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64536953

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