Auguste Renoir

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"Jeune Femme S'Essuyant"
oil on canvas
4 x 7 7/8 in.

"Paysage (Landscape)"
oil on canvas
7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.

On March 12, 1955, a painting by the French artist, Auguste Renoir, was removed from its frame while on exhibit in one of the galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The oil on canvas painting was mounted on a rectangular stretcher, measuring approximately 12" x 10", and the canvas may show marks of the oval frame from which it was removed. It is signed "Renoir" in the upper right-hand corner.