Albert André, Renoir , Paris, 1928, pl. 37, illustrated (titled Les lilas and dated 1890)
Julius Meier-Graefe, Renoir , Leipzig, 1929, no. 97, p. 439; p. 95, illustrated (titled Flieder )
George Besson, Auguste Renoir , Paris, 1929, pl. 19, illustrated (titled Les Lilas and dated 1890)
Michel Florisoone, Renoir , London and Toronto, 1937, p. 167; pl. 148, illustrated (titled Lilac )
Michel Drucker, Renoir , Paris, 1944, pl. 61, illustrated (dated circa 1878)
Elda Fezzi, L"opera completa di Renoir nel periodo impressionista 1869-1883 , Milan, 1972, no. 326, p. 103, illustrated (titled Lilla in un vaso )
Hervé Oursel, “La donation Masson à Lille,” La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 1 , 1977, pp. 28 and 42 (annexe)
Elda Fezzi, Tout d"œuvre peint de Renoir, période impressionniste 1869-1883 , Paris, 1985, no. 320, p. 102, illustrated
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858-1881 , vol. I, Paris, 2007, no. 32, p. 126, illustrated (titled Les lilas (des lilas dans un pot ))