PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
$975,000
Provenance
On consignment with Paul Cassirer, Berlin (October 17, 1913)Paul Cassirer, Berlin (March 13, 1917)
Wilhelm Theodor Moll, Brzeg, acquired from above (March 13, 1917)
Charles Allen, New York (1957)
Sotheby & Co., London, July 6, 1960, no. 108 (ill, as "Portrait de Gabriele en veste verte,"
dated c. 1908) Bought-in
Private Collection, France
Private Collection, France, by descent from the above, 1998
Private Collection, by descent from above, 2008
Private Collection, Rancho Mirage, California
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Exhibition
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Kollektionen von Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne: Werke von Joseph Block, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Eva Veit-Simon; Zeichnungen von Delacroix, Géricault, Guys, Rodin, November 1–December 7, 1913, no. 37 (as "Brustbil eines jungen Madchens")Literature
Paul Cassirer, Kollektionen von Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne: Werke von Joseph Block, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Eva Veit-Simon; Zeichnungen von Delacroix, Géricault, Guys, Rodin, Berlin, 1913, no. 37 (as "Brustbil eines jungen Madchens")Archives Durand-Ruel, Paris, no. 6241
Cassirer & Walter Feilchenfeldt Archive, Zurich, no. 5775
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This painting carries distinguished provenance, first owned by the influential Berlin art dealer Paul Cassirer, a key promoter of French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Germany. The work is certified by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute and registered with the Art Loss Register, with a signed letter from Sotheby’s confirming inclusion in the forthcoming Renoir Catalogue Raisonné. Comparable examples of Gabrielle portraits are held in major museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, and the Musée de l’Orangerie.
Buste de femme au corsage vert exemplifies Renoir’s enduring devotion to beauty and the human form, rendered with a late-career refinement that bridges sensuality and serenity. It stands as an evocative example of the artist’s lifelong exploration of intimacy, and a rare opportunity to acquire a work linked to one of Impressionism’s most personal and storied muses.

