Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) The Village of Essoyes, circa 1908 Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower left. 17 x 30 cm Provenance : - Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York (label on back). - Goldsmith Gallery, New York. - Sotheby's London sale, July 3, 1974, no. 61D. - Private collection of Monsieur J. Delafaye. - Mes Paul et Jacques Martin sale, Palais des Congrès, Versailles, March 4, 1979, no. 150. - Private collection, Paris. Acquired at the latter, then by descent. Bibliography: - Ambroise Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tome II, Paris, 1918, reproduced p. 71. - Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir : Catalog raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. Tome IV (1903-1910), Paris, Bernheim jeune, 2012, no. 3020, reproduced p. 201.