Splashing Figure (Study for "The Large Bathers")

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris [Dauberville and Dauberville, 2009]. Sold by Adrien Hébrard (1833–1914), Paris, to Bernheim-Jeune & Cie., Paris, May 29, 1925 [Dauberville and Dauberville, 2009]; sold to Walter S. Brewster (1872–1954) and Kate L. Brewster (c. 1879–1947), Lake Forest, Ill., Mar. 19, 1926 [invoice]; bequeathed by Kate L. Brewster to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.

Splashing Figure (Study for "The Large Bathers")

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1884/85

Accession Number

65814

Medium

Red, white, and black chalk, with stumping, and black Conté crayon on tan wove (tracing) paper, laid down on canvas

Dimensions

98.9 × 63.5 cm (38 15/16 × 25 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Kate L. Brewster