Madame Paul Valéry, née Jeannie Gobillard
Valéry Collection (by descent from the above)
Private Collection

Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Chefs-d'oeuvre de Renoir dans les collections particulières françaises, 1954, no. 85
Troyes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Renoir et ses amis, 1969, no. 78
(erroneously catalogued with works by Berthe Morisot)
Palermo, Palazzo dei Normanni; Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta; Rome, Palazzo Montecitorio, Renoir e la luce dell'Impressionismo, 2002-03, illustrated in the catalogue

J. Badout, Renoir, ses amis, ses modèles, Paris, 1949, illustrated p. 37
Agathe Rouart-Valéry, "Degas, ami de ma famille," in Degas inédit: Actes du Colloque Degas, Musée d'Orsay, 18-21 avril 1988, Paris, 1989, p. 33
Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1882-1894, vol. II, Paris, 2009, no. 1452, illustrated p. 479

Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet has been laid down on another sheet. The second sheet has been hinged to a mount at two places along the top edge. The sheet has been slightly time-darkened and faint mat staining is apparent to the outer edges. There is one artist pinhole to each of the top corners as well as what may be an extremely minor 2cm repaired tear to the bottom left edge. Overall the work is in very good condition.
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