Live Auction 7831Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Lot 2 PROPERTY FROM THE HENRYK R. DE KWIATKOWSKI FAMILY COLLECTION

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Coucher de soleil à Douarnenez

Closed2 February 2010

Price Realised

GBP 469,250

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Coucher de soleil à Douarnenez
signed 'Renoir' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 7/8 in. (53.7 x 64.4 cm.)
Painted in Douarnenez circa 1883

Marcel Kapferer, Paris, by 1939.
Galerie Durand Ruel et Cie., Paris, by 1942.
Sam Salz Inc., New York.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1988, lot 12.
Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Bahamas, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the critical catalogue of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.