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The Apple Seller

c. 1890

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)

France, 19th century

oil on fabric

Framed: 93 x 82.2 x 9.5 cm (36 5/8 x 32 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 65.8 x 54.5 cm (25 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)

Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.47

Location: 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

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Using repetitive, soft, light-of-touch brushstrokes to form patches of color, Renoir creates a sense of dappled light that reflects on the ground and caresses the figures, giving the painting an ethereal, dreamlike quality.

Description

This painting depicts a young country girl offering apples to Renoir's wife, Aline. The boy in the straw hat may be the artist's nephew, Edmond, but the young girl with the ribbon in her hair has not been identified. Bathed in soft, dappled sunlight, the figures are united through the fluid brushstrokes that cover the canvas. The leaping dog provides an accent of humor and motion in an otherwise tranquil scene. The picture was probably completed at Essoyes, in eastern France.

1891
(Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, November 9, 1891, stock no. 1915, purchased from the artist)
1891-1896
(Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, June 12, 1896, sold to Graf von Kessler)
1896-
Graf von Kessler [1868-1937], Berlin, Germany
Marquis de Biron [1859-1939], Geneva, Switzerland
1937-1941
(Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, NY, February 5, 1941, sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.)
1941-1958
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1958-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Davidson, Martha. "Courbet--Seurat: From Realism to Neo-Impressionism." ARTnews 35 (March 27, 1937): 17-18, 24. Reproduced: p. 17
Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. Thesis M.A. Oberlin College, 1955. Reproduced: vol. 2, p. 76
The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLV, no. 6 (June, 1958) Reproduced: on cover
Cleveland Museum of Art. In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Reproduced: frontispiece, no. 31
"Great Show of French Masters: Cleveland Celebrates Legacy of Hanna Collection." Life 45, no. 8 (August 25, 1958): 41-46. Reproduced: p. 42
The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLVI, no. 6 (June, 1959) Mentioned: p. 122
Henning, Edward B. "From Turner to Guston." Apollo: A Journal of the Arts 78 (December 1963): 481-488. Reproduced: p. 484
Taft Museum. Color, Light to Palette: [Exhibition, Taft Museum]. [Place of publication not identified]: The Museum, 1900. Reproduced: cat. no. 21
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 176 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 176 archive.org
Renoir, Auguste, and Charles Durand-Ruel. A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of The American Association of Museums; In Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir's Death, March 27-May 3 [1969]. New York: Wildenstein, 1969. Reproduced: cat. no. 75
Daulte, François. Auguste Renoir: catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint. Lausanne, SW: Durand-Ruel, 1971. Reproduced p. 55
Daulte, François. Auguste Renoir. Milano, IT: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1972. Reproduced: p. 52, fig. 3
Renoir, Auguste, and John Maxon. Paintings by Renoir. [Chicago]: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973. Reproduced: cat. no. 57
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 218 archive.org
Monneret, Sophie. L'impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris, FR: Denoël, 1978. Reproduced: p.130, 303, vol. 1; p. 181, vol. 2
White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir, His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, NY: Abrams, 1984. Reproduced: p. 194; Mentioned: p. 191
Renoir, Auguste. Renoir: Hayward Gallery, London, 30 January-21 April 1985, Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 May-2 September 1985, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 9 October 1985-5 January 1986. [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no 87, p. 134, 258
House, John. "Renoir and the Earthly Paradise." Oxford Art Journal 8, no. 2 (1985): 21-27. Mentioned: p. 24
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Wadley, Nicholas. Renoir: A Retrospective. New York, NY: H.L. Levin Associates, 1987. Reprooduced: p. 376
Renoir, Auguste. Runoāru ten: 1988-nen 10-gatsu 15-nichi--12-gatsu 11 nichi, Nagoya-shi Bijutsukan. [Nagoya-shi?]: Chūnichi Shinbunsha, 1988. Reproduced: cat no. 40
Stevenson, Lesley. Renoir. London, UK: Bison Books Ltd, 1991. Reproduced: p. 140-141
Denvir, Bernard. The Chronicle of Impressionism: An Intimate Diary of the Lives and World of the Great Artists. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Reproduced: p. 207
Wiggins, Colin. Post-Impressionism. London, UK: Dorling Kindersley in association with the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993. Reproduced: p. 44
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Distel, Anne. Renoir, "il faut embellir". [Paris]: Gallimard, 1993. Mentioned and reproduced: 102
House, John, Anthea Callen, and Kathleen Adler. Renoir: Master Impressionist. Sydney, AS: Art Exhibitions Australia, 1994. Reproduced: fig. 7
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D' Argencourt, Louise, and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: vol. 2, p. 530-532
Runowāru: itanji kara kyoshō e no michi, 1870-1892. Nagoya-shi, Japan: Chūnichi Shinbunsha, 2001. Reproduced: p. 162-163
Jiminez, Jill Berk, and Joanna Banham. Dictionary of Artists' Models. London, UK: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Reproduced: p. 118
Néret, Gilles. Renoir: Painter of Happiness 1841-1919. Köln, DK: Taschen Verlag, 2001. Reproduced: p. 282; Mentioned: p. 282-283
Shone, Richard. The Janice H. Levin Collection of French Art. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002. Reproduced: p. 86
Rubin, James Henry. Impressionist Cats & Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. Reproduced: p. 75, fig. 98
Brettell, Richard R., Paul Hayes Tucker, and Natalie Henderson Lee. The Robert Lehman Collection III: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Paintings. New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Princeton University Press, 2009. Reproduced: p. 212, fig. 1
Renoir: tradition and innovation. Osaka, JP: Yomiuri Shimbun, 2010. Reproduced: p. 192-193
Loire, Stephane. "L'Emergence du Paysage a Rome: Entre 1600 et 1650." L'Estampille 466 (Mars 2011): 48-57. Reproduced: p. 55
Lucy, Martha and John House. Renoir in the Barnes Foundation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. Reproduced: p. 131, fig. 1
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Kessler, Harry. Journal: regards sur l'art et les artistes contemporains, 1889-1937. Paris : Éditions Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme, [2017]. Reproduced: pl. 14
Renoir - Tradition and Innovation. National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (January 20-April 5, 2010); National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (April 17-June 27, 2010).
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
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Renoir: 1870 - 1892. Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (February 10-April 15, 2001); Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (organizer) (April 21-June 24, 2001).
Rise and Fall of Modernity: Weimar- a German Example 1890-1990. Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany (May 9-August 1, 1999).
Renoir Retrospective. Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (organizer) (October 15-December 11, 1988); Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima City, Japan (December 17, 1988-February 12, 1989); Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Nara, Japan (February 18-April 9, 1989).
Renoir. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (February 3-April 1, 1973).
Exposition Renoir. Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (1896).
A loan exhibition for the benefit of The American Association of Museums : in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Renoir’s death. Wildenstein & Co. (March 27-May 3, 1969).
Color: Light to Palette. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 22-December 6, 1965).
Summer Loan: group of fourteen Hanna paintings. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY . (June-September 1949).
The Hanna Collection of Modern Masterpieces. J. B. Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY (1944).
Exhibition of French Masters from Courbet to Seurat. Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. New York, NY (1937).
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