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Jean Renoir Sewing
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1899–1900
Provenance
Ownership history
- Possibly Durand-Ruel, Paris, by Apr. 1912. [this and the following per Dauberville and Dauberville 2010]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, 1914; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Durand-Ruel, Exposition de tableaux par Renoir, Apr. 27–May 15, 1912, cat. 14, as Portrait de Jean, 1900.
- Paris, Durand-Ruel, Portraits par Renoir, June 5–20, 1912, cat. 16, as Portrait de Jean Renoir, 1900.
- Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Some Modern Primitives: International Exhibition of Paintings and Prints, Summer 1931, July 2–Aug. 16, 1931, cat. 72.
- Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937, cat. 23 (ill.).
- Los Angeles County Museum, Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841–1919: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, July 14–Aug. 21, 1955, cat. 58 (ill.); San Francisco Museum of Art, Sept. 1–Oct. 2, 1955.
- Denver Art Museum, The Turn of the Century: Exhibition of Masterpieces, 1880–1920, Oct. 1–Nov. 18, 1956, cat. 38.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 69 (ill.).
- Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art, Fifty Years of French Painting: The Emergence of Modern Art, Feb.1–Mar. 30, 1980, cat. 14 (ill.).
- Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age, June 27–Sept. 14, 1997, not in cat.; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998; Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, Feb. 8–Apr. 26, 1998 (Chicago and Fort Worth only).
- Sakura, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Runowāru ten/Renoir: Modern Eyes, April 3–May 16, 1999, cat. 67; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art, May 25–July 4, 1999; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, July 15–Aug. 29, 1999.
- Columbia (S.C.) Museum of Art, Renoir!, Apr. 25–Oct. 1, 2007, no cat.
- Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Impressionismus: Wie das Licht auf die Leinwand kam, Feb. 29–June 22, 2008, cat. 155 (ill.); Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, as Impressionismo: Dipingere la luce, le tecniche nascoste di Monet, Renoir, e van Gogh, July 11–Sept. 28, 2008 (Cologne only).
Literature
Published references
- Durand-Ruel, Paris, Exposition de tableaux par Renoir, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1912), p. 4, no. 14.
- Durand-Ruel, Paris, Portraits par Renoir, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1912), p. 4, no. 16.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Notes,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 9, 3 (Mar. 1, 1915), p. 40.
- Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Some Modern Primitives: International Exhibition of Paintings and Prints, Summer 1931, exh. cat. (Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, 1931), cat. 72.
- Claude Roger-Marx, Renoir (H. Floury, 1933), p. 157.
- Michel Florisoone, Renoir (Hypérion, 1937), pp. 69 (ill.), 166. Translated by into English by George Frederic Lees as Renoir (Hyperion, 1938), pp. 69 (ill.), 166.
- Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, exh. cat. (Toledo Museum of Art, 1937), cat. 23 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Exhibition of the Ryerson Gift,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 32, 1 (Jan. 1938), p. 4.
- Josephine L. Allen, “The Entire Ryerson Collection Goes to the Chicago Art Institute,” Art News 36, 21 (Feb. 19, 1938), p. 11.
- Art Digest 16, 17 (June 1, 1942), p. 15 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Notes,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 42, 2, pt. 1 (Feb. 1948), p. 28 (ill.).
- Peyton Boswell, “Comments,” Art Digest 23, 10 (Feb. 15, 1949), p. 8 (ill.).
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