Woman at the Piano
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)1875–76
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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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Details
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 93 × 74 cm (36 9/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 26 exhibitions
Provenance
- Paul-Victor Poupin, Paris, by Apr. 1876.
- Possibly Durand-Ruel, Paris, by Apr. 1883.
- Sold (possibly by the artist) to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Sept. 8, 1886, for 1,200 francs.
- Possibly sold at Moore’s Art Galleries, New York, May 6, 1887, lot 93, for $675.
- Durand-Ruel, New York, by Dec. 16, 1911.; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, Dec. 16, 1911, for $16,000.; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.
Exhibitions
- Paris, 11, rue Le Peletier, 2e exposition de peinture, Apr. 1876, as Femme au Piano.
- Appartient à M. Poupin.
- Possibly London, Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Members of “La société des impressionnistes,” Apr.–July 1883, as Femme au piano.
- New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir, Apr. 1900, as Jeune Femme au Piano.
- New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nov. 14–Dec. 5, 1908, as Jeune femme au piano, 1878.
- New York, Durand-Ruel, 1911.
- Possibly New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 14–Mar. 16, 1912, as Fillette en robe bleue.
- Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Some Modern Primitives: International Exhibition of Paintings and Prints, Summer 1931, July 2–Aug. 16, 1931.
- Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Commemorative Exhibition from the Martin A. Ryerson Collection, Oct. 9–30, 1932.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Manet and Renoir, Nov. 29, 1933–Jan. 1, 1934, no cat. no. Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934.
- Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 1934.
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Renoir: A Special Exhibition of His Paintings, May 18–Sept. 12, 1937.
- Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Special Exhibition of the Ryerson Bequest: Paintings, Oriental and Decorative Arts, Jan. 26–31, 1938, no cat. San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–Sept. 29, 1940.
- San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, Special Loans of Old Masters and Contemporary Paintings from the San Francisco Exposition and Los Angeles County Fair, Oct. 12–Nov. 2, 1940, no cat. New York, Duveen Galleries, Renoir: Centennial Loan Exhibition, 1841–1941; For the Benefit of the Free French Relief Committee, Nov. 8–Dec. 6, 1941.
- 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.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Art at the Time of the Centennial, June 19–Aug. 8, 1976, no cat. Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Exposition Renoir, Sept. 26–Nov. 6, 1979; Kyoto Municipal Museum, Nov. 10–Dec. 9, 1979.
- Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–Aug. 31, 1980.
- 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.
- Leningrad, Hermitage Museum, Ot Delakrua do Matissa: shedevry frantsuzskoĭ zhivopici XIX-nachala XX veka, iz Muieia Metropoliten v Niu-Ĭorke i Khudozhestvennogo Instituta v Chikago, March 15-May 19, 1988; Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10-July 30, 1988.
- Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Shikago bijutsukan ten: Kindai kaiga no 100-nen, Apr. 20–May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6–Sept. 25, 1994.
- Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Rings: Five Passions in World Art, July 4–Sept. 29, 1996, no cat. no. Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008.
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris, L’impressionnisme et la mode, Sept. 25, 2012–Jan. 20, 2013; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 26–May 27, 2013, as Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity; Art Institute of Chicago, June 26–Sept. 29, 2013.
- Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Renoir: Intimacy, Oct. 18, 2016-Jan. 22, 2017.
