Peaches on a Plate

1902/1905

Auguste Renoir

Associated Names
Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

In this painting, a collection of large, ripe peaches sits on a light green plate with a white rim. The peaches are painted in shades of orange, yellow, and red, with some areas of dark red and black. They are surrounded by wide green and yellow leaves that extend off the plate to the left and right. Beneath the plate is a surface covered in a draping white cloth, its surface painted with shadows in shades of blue and purple and hints of green, and the wall behind the peaches is a tangerine orange color with sections of dark blue, red, green, and peach. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, with different colors of paint applied over one another in wide, swirling strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.2 x 35.6 cm (8 3/4 x 14 in.)
    framed: 43.1 x 56.8 x 6 cm (16 15/16 x 22 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.79

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the artist before 1919 by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris).[1] (Sam Salz Inc., New York); sold 6 November 1958 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] See “Pêches dans une assiette," 1902-1905 (WPI Ref. No. PRWDRH).” In Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné Project. Edited and compiled by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. https://digitalprojects.wpi.art/renoir (accessed 19 February 2025).
[2] Invoice from Sam Salz dated 6 November 1958 in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 46, repro

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

2011

  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 45, repro.

2013

  • Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 50.

Bibliography

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 302, repro.

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 74, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 347, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left with atelier stamp: Renoir

Wikidata ID

Q20190828

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