Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir(French, 1841–1919)French, 1841–1919
CultureFrench
Titles
- Girl Reading
Datec. 1890
PlaceParis, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions13 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (33.6 × 41.3 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.297
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
223 Beck Galleries
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] This is likely a reference, at present, to an undated sale in Paris from which the Galerie Durand-Ruel purchased the work. [Information concerning the acquisition and sale records for this work was requested by Robert McD. Parker to the Durand-Ruel archives on November 1, 2024.]
[2] Richard Ainsworth Peto (1882, Kensington, London-1963, Isle of Wight, Hampshire) was married to Rosemary Peto. Works from his collection of French paintings were exhibited by the Arts Council, London in 1947 and 1951. (Information provided by Julia May Boddewyn, October 2024.) One of two works, including Toulouse-Lautrec’s “At the Table of Monsieur and Madame Natanson,” (MFAH 98.303), from the Peto collection that the Becks acquired and are today in the MFAH.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974, pp. 78-79.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower left recto: "Renoir"
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