Madame Léon Clapisson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)1883
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
Details
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 81.2 × 65.3 cm (32 × 25 3/4 in.)
Museum record · 2 owners · 13 exhibitions
Provenance
- Commissioned by Louis Léon Clapisson (husband of sitter), Neuilly, for 3,000 francs; by descent to Marie Henriette Valentine Billet Clapisson (wife), Neuilly, 1894; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, November 12, 1908, for 15,000 francs.
- Durand-Ruel, New York, by July 8, 1913; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, July 8, 1913, for $12,000; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
Exhibitions
- Paris, Palais des Champs-Élysées, Société des Artistes Français, Salon, May 1–June, 1883, as Portrait de Mme C....
- Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5e exposition internationale de peinture et de sculpture, June 15–July 15, 1886, as Portrait de Mme C. Appartient à M. Clapisson.
- Paris, Durand-Ruel, Tableaux par Monet, C. Pissarro, Renoir, et Sisley, June 1–30, 1910, as Portrait de Mme C. 1883.
- Possibly New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 14–Mar. 16, 1912, as Jeune femme à l’éventail, 1883.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934.
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, The Sources of Modern Painting: A Loan Exhibition Assembled from American Public and Private Collections, Mar. 2–Apr. 9, 1939; New York, Wildenstein, Apr. 25–May 20, 1939 (New York only).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973.
- New York, Wildenstein, Renoir: The Gentle Rebel; A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Association for Mentally Ill Children, Oct. 24–Nov. 30, 1974.
- London, Hayward Gallery, Renoir, Jan. 30–Apr. 21, 1985; Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, May 14–Sept. 2, 1985; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 9, 1985–Jan. 5, 1986.
- Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age, June 27–Sept. 14, 1997; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998; Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, Feb. 8–Apr. 26, 1998.
- San Diego Museum of Art, Idol of the Moderns: Pierre-Auguste Renoir and American Painting, June 29–Sept. 15, 2002; El Paso (Tex.) Museum of Art, Nov. 3, 2002–Feb. 16, 2003.
- Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Renoir's True Colors: Science Solves a Mystery, Feb. 12 - April 27, 2014, no cat. Mexico City, El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rojo mexicano: la grana cochinilla en el arte, Nov. 10, 2017-Feb. 4, 2018.
