Last Renoir painting at auction in New York

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Сообщение от Alec Sander , 2761411 "

Is the script ? And for such a ridiculous amount of money ?

Alec Sander, and what is funny? Let's posmortim estimeyty and results of some of Renoir, sold at Sotheby's for the last time :

Lot 346 ( 20.06.2013 )
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 Pnds (~ 95,400 - $ 127,200 )
Result: 76900 Rnds (~ $ 122,271 )

- Still Life

Lot 143 ( 08.05.2013 )
Estimate: 70,000 - $ 90,000
Result: $ 161,000



Lot 469 ( 08.05.2013 )
Estimate: 100,000 - $ 150,000
Result: $ 161,000



Lot 467 ( 08.05.2013 )
Estimate: 80,000 - $ 120,000
Result: $ 106,250


Lot 10 ( 13.03.2013 )
Estimate: 40,000 - $ 60,000
Result: $ 93,750


Lot 224 ( 06.02.2013 )
Estimate: 20 000 - 30 000 Rnds
Result: 27 500 Rnds



Lot 411 ( 07.11.2012 )
Estimate: 60,000 - $ 80,000
Result: $ 50,000



There are Christie's , the auction of others , where the situation of small format works ( sketches ) in general similar. So the estimate 80,000 - $ 120,000 for these " snipe " overpriced, in my opinion, can not be called . Score as evaluation .

Сообщение от Jane Doe; 2761521 "

, this work is offered in French Artcurial Deauville December 4, 2011 for 30-50 thousand Euro and as a result has not been SOLD !!!

Jane Doe, nothing surprising in it do not see from the above examples . Was not sold ? It must be remembered that in 2011 , if memory serves , was for the art market is not the most successful . It is likely that the hunters on the job if there was no - for the same money you could try to buy something more " distinct " from Renoir.

I do not know also if there was then already running this version is the "last picture" , but even if there was , it must be remembered that a) this is just a version b) in spite of the fact that in itself is interesting , the picture is still not book, which is important , for example , the first or any else " publications". Not the best work of the artist, probably not so easy to resell , relying solely on the interesting fact of her stories .

Сообщение от Jane Doe; 2761521 "

I think that in France , the home of Renoir, there are many professionals who were able to correctly estimate the image

You are right. One is Virginie Journiac, that Heritage Auction and thanks for your help in confirming the authenticity of the work . And this lady , no more, no less , as the director of the Museum of Renoir in Cagnes -sur -Mer (villa " Colette " and where the work was , according to the provenance , until 1969 ) - one of the most authoritative experts on Renoir in France. Her opinion probably means something ?

Сообщение от Jane Doe; 2761751 "

Now, imagine for a moment a person ( Renoir ) , which in a few hours should die of pneumonia.
The highest temperature , severe cough , often with blood, does not stop even for a half- hour. Chills , weakness, dizziness , intoxication , exhaustion, trembling hands , and so on.
And we must not imagine this moribund patient in the hands of a palette , a brush and an easel , continuously rotating heavy head on a canvas , then killed birds. It's funny, but at the same time and " birds sorry ".

I do not know where this story came to light (and is nowhere stated definitively that this is certainly the very picture ) rasskazanaya Felix Feneonom and two doctors. All I know is that the name is too Feneona known to attribute to him any stories .
 
The artist's son , Jean Renoir in his memories of the last days of his father never speaks of the " Woodcock" :

... an abundance of wealth arising from his miserly palettes, deeply concerned in the last film , which he wrote in the morning of that day , when laid down, never to rise .
Pulmonary infection caused him to leave the house . He asked for a box of paints and brushes , and wrote anemones that Nenett , our lovely maid , narwhal him . Within a few hours it was merged with these colors and forgot about the disease .
Then he signed that he took the brush, and said, " I think I'm beginning to understand something ." These words gave me a big Louise . The nurse made ​​out : " Today, I grasped something ! "

When he returned from Nice , where I went on business, I found his father already in agony. The nurse notified the Pra (Dr.Prat), who was not slow to come . He announced that this is the end . Due to rupture of the vessel Renoir fell into unconsciousness. At night he died.

From this story we see that Renoir did not lose until the last fortitude and worked as long as he could hold a brush . Does he have time to write after " anemones " " snipe "? The big question. One thing is clear : Renoir was obsessed with painting and was able on the deed for her.
This study , in my opinion , no doubt the product of Renoir , his arm .