Pastel counter proof with additions in pencil on tissue-thin Japan paper mounted on cream wove paper, circa 1885. 430x500 mm; 16 7/8x19 3/4 inches. Ex-collection Ambroise Vollard, Paris; and Henri M. Petiet, Paris (see Lugt supplement 2021a). A very good impression of this counter proof with strong colors.
The outlines of the face and hair and contours of the body reinforced by the artist with pencil.
Vollard was Renoir's art dealer. His vast collection was acquired by Henri M. Petiet; the Petiet collection of fine books and art has been sold at auction in Paris since the 1990s.
