Graziella

1896

Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919

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Title Graziella

Artwork Date 1896

Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Life Dates 1841-1919

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 25 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches (65.4 × 54 cm) Framed: 34 × 29 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (86.4 × 75.6 × 7 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 20.111

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Signed Signed, lower right: Renoir

Provenance

by 1920, (Durand Ruel Gallery, Paris, France and New York, New York, USA) [stock # 9433, dated as 1896];
1920-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Poland, R. "French Impressionistic Paintings Acquired." Bulletin of the DIA 2, 8 (1921): pp. 70-73 (ill.).

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, no. 185 (ill.).

Valentiner, W.R. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Modern French Painting. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts, 1931, p. 24, no. 102.

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts, Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 109, no. 185.

Renoir. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, 1955, p. 56, no. 77. [dated as ca. 1910]

Leymarie, J. The Spirit of the Letter in Painting. Kansas City, 1961, p. 87 (ill.).

Impressionism and Its Roots. Exh. cat., University of Iowa Gallery of Art. Iowa City, 1964, pp. 6-7, 49-50, no. 29 (ill.). [dated as ca. 1907]

Renoir: The Gentle Rebel. Exh. cat., Wildenstein Gallery. New York, 1974, no. 55 (ill.). [dated as 1896]

Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts: Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art. Exh. cat., Sogo Museum of Art. Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 2001, pp. 35, 70, no. 14 (ill.).

Idol of the Moderns: Pierre-Auguste Renoir and American Painting. Exh. cat., San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, 2002, pp. 41, 77, no. 7 (ill.).

Renoir. La maturita tra classico e moderno. Exh. cat., Complesso del Vittoriano. Rome, 2008, p. 194, no. 36.

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