Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005934Vase of Flowers
Inscriptions
Dated recto, lower right, in graphite: Mai 1857
Provenance
Estate of the artist; by descent to the artist’s grandson, Paul Renoir (born 1924), Cagnes, to at least Aug. 1977 [François Daulte, note dated Jan. 24, 1991, and Paul Renoir, note dated Aug. 7, 1977]. Consigned by Mrs. J. Trent, Toronto, to Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, by 1991 [Paul Renoir, note dated Aug. 7, 1977 and Odon Wagner, May 23, 2014]; sold through Christie’s, New York, Feb. 14, 1991, lot 2, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg [Odon Wagner, May 23, 2014]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Exhibition history
Turin, Galeria Stefano Pirra, "125 Dessins inédits de Pierre Auguste Renoir," 1971, p. 58 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master through Modern; The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 106, cat. 71 (ill.).
Publications
“Cat. 1: Vase of Flowers,” in Renoir Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Jill Shaw (Art Institute of Chicago, 2014), https://publications.artic.edu/renoir/reader/paintingsanddrawings/section/138973.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre Auguste Renoir / French, 1841–1919
- Date
- May 1857
- Medium
- Graphite on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 17.3 × 10.3 cm (6 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- prints and drawing
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 2013.1011
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