Bust Portrait of a Young Woman
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841–1919)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 55.9 x 46.3cm (22 x 18 1/4in.)
Credit LineBequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession number1993.42
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1918, possibly with Ambroise Vollard (b. 1866 - d. 1939), Paris (?) [see note 1]. By 1949, James Bramford, Esq., England; sold by Bramford to the Mayor Gallery, London (stock no. MG 3678); 1949, sold by the Mayor Gallery to William A. Coolidge (b. 1901 - d. 1992), Topsfield and Cambridge, MA [see note 2]; 1993, bequest of William A. Coolidge to the MFA [see note 3]; June 23, 2011, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Sotheby's, New York.
NOTES:
[1] Published in his Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Paris, 1918), vol. 1, p. 29, no. 116. [2] Entitled "Gabrielle" at the time of the sale. Provenance information compiled with the kind assistance of Niina Cunynghame of the Mayor Gallery, London. [3] MFA accession date: January 27, 1993 (accession no. 1993.42)
NOTES:
[1] Published in his Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Paris, 1918), vol. 1, p. 29, no. 116. [2] Entitled "Gabrielle" at the time of the sale. Provenance information compiled with the kind assistance of Niina Cunynghame of the Mayor Gallery, London. [3] MFA accession date: January 27, 1993 (accession no. 1993.42)
