Provenance
1Henri Bernstein Paris • until 1910 Dauberville no. 995.
2Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Paris • 1910 Acquired from the above on 18 June 1910 for FF 6.500, Dauberville no. 995.
3Jean Laroche Paris • 1910–1911 Acquired from the above on 8 October 1910, Dauberville no. 995.
4Galerie Bernheim Jeune Paris • 1911 Bought back from the above on 17 January 1911 for FF 13.500 and subsequently taken over by Bernheim-Jeune fils, Dauberville no. 995.
5Galerie Durand-Ruel Paris • by 1913 Dauberville no. 995
6Martin A. Ryerson Chicago • 1913–[d.] 1932 Acquired from the above, Seven Centuries of Painting, A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, (exh. cat.) California Palace of the Legion of Honour & M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco 1939–40, no. 137.
7Art Institute of Chicago 1932–1948 Gift from the above, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Lent from American Collections, (exh. cat.) Art Institute of Chicago 1933, no. 342.
8Paul Rosenberg New York • 1948–1952/53 Acquired from the above on 15 May 1948 for $ 20.000, when de-accessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, Archive Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, Inventory Notebook, September 1952, pp. 8–9; AStEGB, Letter from Paul Rosenberg, New York, to Emil Bührle, 22 September 1952, accompanying individual invoices for 10 pictures which Bührle has acquired from him.
9Emil Bührle Zurich • 18 September 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 65.000 minus a 10% discount ($ 6.500) = $ 58.500, AStEGB, Invoice from Paul Rosenberg, New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 22 September 1952; Letter from Emil Bührle to Paul Rosenberg, Zurich, 6 May 1953, accompanying a check in payment of 4 pictures and scheduling payments for 3 pictures still to be effected, including Renoir, Summer Hats; [2nd] Invoice from Paul Rosenberg, New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 14 September 1953, for 3 pictures valued at $ 138.600, including Renoir, Summer Hats, and deducting $ 19.220 for payment already effected; Payment order from Emil Bührle to Industrie- und Handelsbank, Zurich, 18 September 1953 ordering transfer of $ 119.380 to Paul Rosenberg; Correspondence regarding the import of the 10 pictures to Switzerland, 12 January 1956–22 June 1956, the Renoir figuring in the papers as «Renoir, The Flowered Hats», with a declared value of $ 12.500.
10Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 89.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Guy-Patrice Dauberville, Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 5 vol., Paris, 2007-2014.
Exhibitions
1924Exhibition of Paintings, Edouard Manet, Pierre Renoir, Berthe Morisot Carnegie Institute • Pittsburgh • 1924 no. 34.
1933A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Lent from American Collections Art Institute of Chicago • 1933 no. 342.
1939Seven Centuries of Painting, A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters California Palace of the Legion of Honour & M.H. de Young Memorial Museum • San Francisco • 1939–40 no. 137.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 174.
1958Französische Malerei von Manet bis Matisse aus der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle/Zürich Nationalgalerie der ehemals Staatlichen Museen • Schloss Charlottenburg • Berlin • 1958 no. 57.
1958Hauptwerke der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle–Zürich Haus der Kunst • Munich • 1958–59 no. 135.
1961Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh • National Gallery, London • 1961 no. 51.
2006Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso und ihr Galerist Ambroise Vollard Museum Langmatt • Baden • 2006 p. 53.
2007Zandomeneghi, De Nittis, Renoir, I pittori della felicità Pinacoteca Giuseppe de Nittis (Palazzo della Marra) • Barletta • 2007 no. 21.
2008Renoir, La maturità tra classico e moderno Complesso del Vittoriano • Rome • 2008 no. 32.
2010Renoir, Tradition and Innovation National Art Center, Tokyo • National Museum of Art, Osaka • 2010 no. 79 (exhibited in Osaka only).
2016Renoir Museum of Art • Seoul • 2016–17 p. 70.
2017Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bührle, Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh… Fondation de l'Hermitage • Lausanne • 2017 no. 31.
2018Bührle Collection: Impressionist Masterpieces from the E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Switzerland) National Art Center, Tokyo • Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka • Nagoya City Art Museum • 2018 no. 35.
2019La Collection Emil BührleMusée Maillol • Paris • 2019 no. 21.
References
1921Georges Rivière Renoir et ses amis Paris • 1921 • p. 90 (ill.).
1925M. C. «Renoirs in the Institute» in Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (19) • 1925 • p. 47 (ill.).
1929Julius Meier-Graefe Renoir Leipzig • 1929 • fig. 234.
1961Peter H. Feist Auguste Renoir Leipzig • 1961 • pp. 52, 66, fig. 53.
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 65 (ill.; 21986).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • p. 40 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2005Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich Catalogue vol. 2 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 95 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2009Guy-Patrice Dauberville • Michel Dauberville Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles vol. 2 1882–1894 Paris • 2009 • no. 995 (ill.).
2014Lukas Gloor «Renoir en Suisse, Une réception fluctuante/Renoir in der Schweiz, Im Auf und Ab der Publikumsgunst» in Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Revoir Renoir (exh. cat.) Fondation Pierre Gianadda • Martigny • 2014 • p. 39.
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 257 (ill.).