Étude de tête espagnol, c. 1900
with Renoir's estate stamp 'R' lower left
oil on canvas laid on board
h. 7.5 w. 5.9 in. (19 x 15cm)
Provenance: Descended through the family of the current owner, Norwood, NJ

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute in Paris (certificate included with lot dated December 15, 2016)

Literature: Guy-Patrice & Dauberville, vol. III, No 2103A (as part of a larger canvas of sketches), Succession Renoir; Bernheim-Jeune, L'atelier de Renoir, 1931, pl. 71, no. 220