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<i>Mademoiselle Irène Cahen d’Anvers </i>by Renoir ~ Stretched Canvass Print in Ornate Frame with Red Felt Matte. Irène was born in 1872 and lived in Paris, where she would live at least until she was married. Her father, a wealthy Jewish banker named Louis Raphael Cahen d’Anvers commissioned Pierre Auguste Renior for three portraits in 1880; one of each of his daughters. Late in 1946, the portrait began traveling in an exhibit with other liberated paintings from WWII entitled, “Masterpieces of French collections found in Germany and Switzerland”, where it was seen by Irène. She began lobbying to have it restored to her, and ultimately was successful in doing so as it’s last legal possession was that of her daughter, of whom Irène was the inheritor. Living in the moment and indulging in life’s temporal pleasures were among Pierre Auguste Renoir favorite themes, and he expressed them more than any other Impressionist. 23 x 30. <b>$95</b>

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Mademoiselle Irène Cahen d’Anvers by Renoir ~ Stretched Canvass Print in Ornate Frame with Red Felt Matte. Irène was born in 1872 and lived in Paris, where she would live at least until she was married. Her father, a wealthy Jewish banker named Louis Raphael Cahen d’Anvers commissioned Pierre Auguste Renior for three portraits in 1880; one of each of his daughters. Late in 1946, the portrait began traveling in an exhibit with other liberated paintings from WWII entitled, “Masterpieces of French collections found in Germany and Switzerland”, where it was seen by Irène. She began lobbying to have it restored to her, and ultimately was successful in doing so as it’s last legal possession was that of her daughter, of whom Irène was the inheritor. Living in the moment and indulging in life’s temporal pleasures were among Pierre Auguste Renoir favorite themes, and he expressed them more than any other Impressionist. 23 x 30. $95

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