Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)

Petite Venus à la pomme

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Petite Venus à la pomme
inscribed, numbered and stamped with the signature and the foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE EA. I/IV R/G. Renoir' (on the reverse)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
Conceived by Renoir with the collaboration of Guino in 1913; this bronze cast in 1972 for the Centenaire d'impressionnisme exhibition in Paris

Literature

P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpteur, Paris, 1947, no. 3 (another cast illustrated pls. V-IX).

Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais, Centenaire de l'impressionnisme, September - November 1974.

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Lot Essay

Sold with a photo-certificate from Michel Guino.

In 1913 Renoir painted a new version of his 1908 picture The Judgement of Paris. During the same year, the artist began collaborating on sculptures with Richard Guino, who had recently worked with Aristide Maillol. Of the total of fourteen sculptures created by the Renoir-Guino partnership, half are related to The Judgement of Paris. In the present sculpture Venus is shown holding the golden apple given to her by Paris.

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