Head of a Girl






on recto, lower right, signed: “R“
on verso, frame, upper centre, inscribed in pencil: “81”; centre left, inscribed in pencil: “565”; centre right, inscribed in black ink: “[…] no. 22 […] cadre [?]”; lower centre, inscribed in pencil: “565”; white label: “Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1845–Cagnes-sur-mer 1919) Öl-Skizze auf Leinwand Unten rechts signiert: R”; lower right, illegible inscription in red
inner frame, upper left, inscribed in pencil: “81”, “13/18“, [...]; centre left, torn label: “Gusta[v Knauer] Kunst-Abt[eilung]”; lower centre, inscribed in white chalk: “Bas [?]”; lower right, inscribed in pencil: “[…] BW”;
stretcher, upper left, inscribed in blue: “6”; upper centre, inscribed in ink: “C. L[…]”; upper right, inscribed and crossed out in blue pencil: “88”; centre bar, inscribed in black: “1[?]17”; in black “KVdB 61287“. Oil sketch
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(Probably acquired by Hildebrand Gurlitt in France? in the 1940s)
By latest December 1947: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Aschbach (per Gurlitt Papers)
Until November 2020: Private Collection, South Germany, thence by descent
Since November 2020: Federal Republic of Germany, donation, ongoing provenance research
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