Signed, lower right: Renoir

Mr. Lemaire (Paris, France): March 20, 1901, purchased by (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France)

July 7, 1904, purchased by Mr. Van de Velde (Le Havre, France)

Mrs. Paul Guillaume (Paris, France)

Mrs. Jean Walter (Paris, France)

late 1920s, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

by descent to Mrs. Allan Shelden III (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman in an Armchair, 1874, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Allan Shelden III, 1985.24.