Portrait of Claude (Coco) Renoir
Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841 - 1919)
CultureFrench
Date1904
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions14 5/8 × 11 3/8 in. (37.1 × 29 cm)
SignedSigned lower right
Credit LineGift of Frances M. Lindsay and Harvey L. Lindsay, Jr.
Object number2019.7
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a young child wearing a hat, facing left. The painting shows Coco, the young son of the artist wearing a frock at the age of 3.Label TextPierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841–1919 Portrait of Claude Renoir (Coco), 1904 Oil on canvas Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s son Claude (“Coco”), born when the artist was 60, became his favorite subject. Late in life, Renoir changed his style from the pure paint and short brushstrokes of his impressionist phase, seen in Daughters of Durand-Ruel in this gallery. Instead, he used thin paint, mixed on the palette, and applied in longer strokes. While his impressionist works are more popular today, during his life Renoir was widely admired for this loose technique, especially by artists like Cezanne and Picasso. Gift of Frances M. Lindsay and Harvey L. Lindsay, Jr. 2019.7ProvenanceEstate of the Artist; Galerie Odermatt, Paris; Sotheby’s London, June 30, 1987, lot 26; Private Estate, Europe, acquired 1990; Guarisco Gallery, Washington D.C. 2017; Private owner; gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2019.Published ReferencesA certificate from Guy Wildenstein on behalf of the comité Renoir, dated December 11, 2015, attests that Dauberville will include the painting in the upcoming Wildenstein Institute publication of the Catalogue Raisonné of Renoir.
