La Loge

Copyright

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Maker


1841-1919

Title

La Loge

Date of Production

1874

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 80 cm (canvas)
Width: 63.5 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.1948.SC.338

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display
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Keywords

Label Text

Renoir’s brother Edmond and Nini Lopez, a model known as ‘fish-face’, posed for this painting of a box at the theatre. He uses his opera glasses to scan the audience; she holds hers in her hand, her gaze slightly unfocused as if she knows she is being looked at.
La Loge was included in the Impressionists’ first group exhibition in 1874. Critics were divided. One used the woman as a warning of the dangerous temptations of the fashion industry; another praised her elegance.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left : : A. Renoir 74

Provenance

Bought from the artist by Martin, Paris 1875; Louis Flornoy, Paris, sold by him to Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris, 9 February 1899; Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris; through The Independent Gallery; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, May 1925; Courtauld Bequest, 1948.

Exhibition History

Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 25/03/2024-12/07/2024; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 08/09/2024-19/01/2025
Courtauld Connects Regional Programme, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 13/11/2020-16/05/2021
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
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The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity, Art Institute of Chicago & Chicago & USA, 29/06/2013-22/09/2013
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 19/02/2013-27/05/2013
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity, Musee d'Orsay & Paris & France, 20/09/2012-13/01/2013
Renoir at the Theatre - Looking at La Loge, Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/02/2008-25/05/2008
Women and Impressionism, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek & Copenhagen & Denmark, 06/10/2006-21/01/2007
Part of general displays, J Paul Getty Museum & Los Angeles & California & USA, 30/04/2003-21/08/2003
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces. The Courtauld Collection (Cleveland, Met, Kimbell, AIC and Nelson Atkins), USA, 1987 / 1988
Renoir, Hayward Gallery; Grand Palais, Paris; MFA, Boston, 1985 / 1986
National Gallery, London, 1983
Samuel Courtauld's collection of French 19th century paintings and drawings: a centenary exhibition to commemorate the birth of Samuel Courtauld, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1976
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
Renoir, Tate Gallery, 1953
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1947
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Literature

Herring, Sarah and Emma Capron, eds., Discover Manet & Eva Gonzales, London: National Gallery 2022
pp. 61-4
fig. 38
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
cat. no. 39

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