La Promenade au bord de la mer (Le Bois de la Chaise Noirmoutier)

Details

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
La Promenade au bord de la mer (Le Bois de la Chaise Noirmoutier)
signed 'Renoir.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
66.2 x 81.4 cm (26 x 32 in.)
Painted circa 1892

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired directly from the artist on 9 November 1892
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, transferred from the above in 1897
Ralph M. Coe, Cleveland, acquired from the above on 20 January 1920
Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired from the above on 30 December 1938
Sibyl Young Clark, Ohio, acquired from the above on 21 November 1939
Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired from the above on 4 January 1947
Ward Eggleston Galleries, New York, acquired from the above on 13 December 1950
Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 25 February 1970, lot 41
Milena Jurzykowski, New York, acquired at the above sale
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest from the above in 1971; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 14 May 2019, lot 53
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, no. 218 (illustrated p. 242; dated 1890).
M. Drucker, Renoir, Paris, 1944, no. 105 (illustrated n.p.; dated circa 1890).
E. Fezzi, L'opera completa di Renoir, nel periodo impressionista, 1869-1883, Milan, 1972, no. 651 (illustrated p. 118; titled 'Passeggiata in riva al mare' and dated circa 1890).
E. Fezzi and J. Henri, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Renoir, période impressionniste, 1869-1883, Paris, 1985, no. 614 (illustrated p. 114; with incorrect dimensions and dated circa 1890).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels, drawings and watercolors, vol. II, Paris, 2009, no. 861 (illustrated p. 106).

Exhibited

New York, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paintings by Renoir, February - March 1912, no. 12.
New York, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paintings by Renoir, January 1917, no. 11.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Renoir: A Special Exhibition of his Paintings, May - September 1937, no. 49 (illustrated; dated 1890).

Further Details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.