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Woman with a Hat
| Date | 1891 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 56 x 46.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed upper right: Renoir. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | Daulte 579; Dauberville 1086; M916 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0181 |
Leaving his "Ingresque" or "dry period" of the 1880s, this painting signals the beginning of Renoir's "pearl period." After turning briefly away from Impressionism and revisiting Classicism, Renoir took yet another new direction in the 1890s in his depiction of nude women and portraits in a soft touch style created with a rich color palette. Woman with a Hat is an example of this new style where all of the various colors have been blended with white, thereby producing a subtle, shining surface which then led to the name "the pearl period." The Mellon Collection in America includes a work that depicts the same clothing shown in a back three-quarter view. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no.83)
Provenance
Puchased from artist by Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 11 June 1891; Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock no. 1081, photo 3093; purchased from Durand-Ruel by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 31 December 1921 [see records in the Durand-Ruel & Cie Archives, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1952
- Renoir, Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, 0 1952 - 0 1952, cat. no. 16bis
- 2001
- Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master: 1870-1892, Nagoya City Art Museum, 21 April 2001 - 24 June 2001, cat. no. 64, col. repr.
- 2005
- Permanent Exhibition, Musée départmental Georges de La Tour, 8 March 2005 - 29 May 2005
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 96, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1952
- Renoir (exh. cat.). Nice, Musées de Nice, 1952, p. 15, cat. no. 16bis
- 1955
- Drucker, M. Renoir. Paris, 1955, p.67, p.142, pl. 107.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 40, col. repr.
- 1961
- Fosca, F. Renoir. Paris, 1961, repr. p. 208.
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-249.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 69, repr.
- 1971
- Daulte, F. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonné, I, figures, 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971, no. 579, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no.43, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 50, col. repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 233, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1259.
- 2001
- Renoir: from Outsider to Old Master: 1870-1892 (exh.cat.). Bridgestone Museum of art, Ishibashi Foundation; Nagoya City Art Museum, eds. Nagoya, The Chunichi Shimbun, 2001, pp. 166-167, cat. no. 64, col. repr.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 83, col. repr.
- 2007
- Dauberville, Guy-Patrice; Dauberville, Michel. Renoir: catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. vol.2, Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 2007, p. 24, no. 1086, correct repr. in no. 1074.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 83, col. repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 91, col. repr.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 916, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 180, 185, 365, cat. no. 96, col. repr.