European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Bather c. 1917-18 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 - 1919 Oil on canvas * Gallery 162, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Vogt Gallery) 1950-134-173 The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 |
LabelHere Renoir combines two themes close to his heart: the goddess Venus holding the golden apple and the bather modeled on ancient types. This canvas was bought around 1918 by Walter and Louise Arensberg, whose important collection of art by Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, Giorgio de Chirico, and others is the cornerstone of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's modern art holdings. In the Arensbergs' New York apartment, this small painting by Renoir hung below Marcel Duchamp's 1916 Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 3).Social Tags [?]20th century [x] bather [x] brush strokes [x] nudity [x] renoir [x] woman [x] [Add Your Own Tags]* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
