Pierre Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) - Lot 41

Pierre Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Croquet Players, circa 1892 Charcoal drawing, signed lower middle initial. 45 x 60 cm Provenance : - Ambroise Vollard Collection, Paris - Martin Fabiani Collection, Paris - Collection Paul Pétridès, Paris - Sale by public auction for the benefit of the Prisonniers Résistants et Déportés du M.N.P.G.D, Galerie Drouant David, Paris, May 23, 1945 n° 27 (Gift of M. Pétridès) - Collection of Docteur Pierre Osenat - By descent to his son - Private collection, acquired from previous owner in 1989 Bibliography : Guy Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue Raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1882-1894, tome 2, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2009, described and reproduced on page 508 under no. 1504. Expert : Agnès SEVESTRE-BARBE