Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (French, 1841-1919), Maisons au Bord de l'Eau, c.1900, watercolor and pencil on paper mounted to card, signed lower left (likely by a later hand), 6 x 7.25 inches. Provenance: Roger Marx, Paris (his sale: Paris, Galerie Manzi, Joyant, May 11-12, 1914, lot 196, sold for 1,050 francs (see scan in listing for reference); Durand-Ruel and Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (inventory label on reverse); Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (to whom Durand-Ruel sold their share in 1921); Sotheby's auction, Impressionist Drawings and Watercolours, London, June 25, 1986, Lot 312 (includes original sales receipt and correspondence with Sotheby's director that has a black and white photo of the watercolor from the Durand-Ruel archives in 1914 without a signature); Patricia and Darrell Ray Dumont; private collection, Pittsburgh, by descent. A note in the Sotheby's auction catalog mentions that this work is "To be included in Vol VI of the Renoir Catalogue Raisonne being prepared by Francois Daulte," however, Daulte was only able to publish Volume I.

Mounted to card and toning to the paper, very minor loss to the sheet edge, French mat attached to sheet and mount. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .