Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Pont Neuf, Paris



Pierre-Auguste Renoir - The Pont Neuf, Paris



Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Pont Neuf, Paris
1872
75.3 x 93.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: A. Renoir. 72.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, p. 112
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 682

Literature
Sidsel Maria Søndergaard (ed.), Women in Impressionism, Milano, 2006, fig. 147
Gilles Néret, Renoir, Köln, 2019, p. 66


Provenance

the artist
his sale, Paris, 24 March 1875, nr. 42
purchased by Durand-Ruel, Paris
sold to Nicolas Auguste Hazard (1834-1913), Paris
Hazard sale, Paris, 1 December 1919, nr. 206
purchased by Georges Bernheim, Paris
sold 1921 to Ralph M. Coe, Cleveland
on joint account with Carroll Carstairs, New York and M. Knoedler & Co., New York by 1935
from whom acquired 1936 by Marshall Field (1893-1956), New York
Dr. and Mrs. (née Barbara Field) Robert Boggs, New York, NY, USA
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Benziger (Mrs. Benziger was previously Mrs. Boggs)
with M. Knoedler and Co., London, New York, and Paris
sold December 1966 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969)
bequest 1970 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1970.17.58

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