J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, p. 200, no. 168 (illustrated).
M. Zahar, Renoir, Paris, 1948, no. 42 (illustrated; titled Portrait de jeune femme sur fond bleu and dated 1882).
R. Cogniat, Renoir: Children, New York, 1958, no. 13 (illustrated in color; titled Girl Against a Blue Background and dated 1882).
F. Mathey, Les impressionnistes et leur temps, Paris, 1959, p. 108 (illustrated in color and illustrated in color again on the cover; titled Jeune femme sur fond bleu and dated 1882).
C. Hayes and F. Guerard, Renoir, Paris, 1963, p. 35 (illustrated in color, pl. VIII; titled Portrait de jeune fille).
F. Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Lausanne, 1971, vol. I, no. 462 (illustrated; titled Femme de profil).
J. Leymarie, Renoir, Paris, 1979, no. 14 (illustrated in color; titled Jeune femme sur fond bleu and dated 1882).
C. Bailey, Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1997, pp. 206 and 318.
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2009, vol. II, p. 277, no. 1121 (illustrated; titled Buste de jeune fille (Femme de profil)).