AUCTION - 2023.12.27
[Highlight] Pierre-Auguste RENOIR | Tête de jeune fille épluchant un fruit | JANUARY 2024 Modern and Contemporary Art
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Renowned as a leading figure in the Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir left an indelible mark on the art world, producing nearly 3,800 oil paintings throughout his prolific career - a staggering volume that outshines contemporaries like Oscar-Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. Renoir's artistic journey grasps changes over time. Many of his early works were initially inspired by Impressionism's vibrant palette.
“About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of ‘impressionism,’ and I had come to realize that I did not know how to paint or draw. Simply put, I was in a deadlock.” As he says, Renoir felt the limitations of the Impressionist style, especially the method of dividing brush strokes, and thereafter moved on to explore his own unique expressions.
Bathed in his characteristic bright colors and gentle brushstrokes, this particular masterpiece of a girl portrait was created in 1895 after a decade of artistic exploration. With the splendid fusion of the sense of form acquired by pursuing the classical drawing method of drawing objects with clear lines and the color expression influenced by impressionism, the body remains standing out from the background and maintains shaped. The leisurely motion of the hand peeling fruit and the radiant, smooth skin of the young girl convey a profound sense of her warmth and innocence.
Best known for his depictions of joyous scenes, female sensuality, and landscapes, Renoir became synonymous with vibrant colors, fluid brushwork, and an unwavering focus on capturing the play of light. Today, his works are displayed in major museums and collections around the world, and he remains an important figure in the history of art. This year marks 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition which Renoir, Monet and others participated in 1874. The magnitude of the influence that the Impressionist painters have had on the future of art history is immeasurable.
Lot.061 Pierre-Auguste RENOIR
1895
Tête de jeune fille épluchant un fruit
Oil on canvas
41.0 × 33.0 cm
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Provenance：
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired from the artist (December 31, 1897)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York（1925）
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Maurice Coutot, Paris（December 10, 1937）
Private Collection, Paris, by descent from above
JPY 70,000,000 - 100,000,000
USD 473,000 - 675,700
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Renowned as a leading figure in the Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir left an indelible mark on the art world, producing nearly 3,800 oil paintings throughout his prolific career - a staggering volume that outshines contemporaries like Oscar-Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. Renoir's artistic journey grasps changes over time. Many of his early works were initially inspired by Impressionism's vibrant palette.
“About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of ‘impressionism,’ and I had come to realize that I did not know how to paint or draw. Simply put, I was in a deadlock.” As he says, Renoir felt the limitations of the Impressionist style, especially the method of dividing brush strokes, and thereafter moved on to explore his own unique expressions.
Bathed in his characteristic bright colors and gentle brushstrokes, this particular masterpiece of a girl portrait was created in 1895 after a decade of artistic exploration. With the splendid fusion of the sense of form acquired by pursuing the classical drawing method of drawing objects with clear lines and the color expression influenced by impressionism, the body remains standing out from the background and maintains shaped. The leisurely motion of the hand peeling fruit and the radiant, smooth skin of the young girl convey a profound sense of her warmth and innocence.
Best known for his depictions of joyous scenes, female sensuality, and landscapes, Renoir became synonymous with vibrant colors, fluid brushwork, and an unwavering focus on capturing the play of light. Today, his works are displayed in major museums and collections around the world, and he remains an important figure in the history of art. This year marks 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition which Renoir, Monet and others participated in 1874. The magnitude of the influence that the Impressionist painters have had on the future of art history is immeasurable.
Lot.061 Pierre-Auguste RENOIR
1895
Tête de jeune fille épluchant un fruit
Oil on canvas
41.0 × 33.0 cm
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Provenance：
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired from the artist (December 31, 1897)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York（1925）
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Maurice Coutot, Paris（December 10, 1937）
Private Collection, Paris, by descent from above
JPY 70,000,000 - 100,000,000
USD 473,000 - 675,700
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Bid Submission Deadline:
[Lots. 001-199] FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM (JST)
[Lots. 200-502] SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2024, at 5:00 PM (JST)
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