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The Passionate Collectors: Property from Marlene and Spencer Hays
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) AND RICHARD GUINO (1890-1973)
L'Eau (La moyenne laveuse)
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) AND RICHARD GUINO (1890-1973)
L'Eau (La moyenne laveuse)
signed 'Renoir.' (on the left side of the base) and inscribed with the foundry mark '.Alexis RUDIER. Fondeur. PARIS.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
13 ¾ x 11 7⁄8 x 7 ½ in. (34.9 x 30 x 19.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast circa 1970
L'Eau (La moyenne laveuse)
signed 'Renoir.' (on the left side of the base) and inscribed with the foundry mark '.Alexis RUDIER. Fondeur. PARIS.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
13 ¾ x 11 7⁄8 x 7 ½ in. (34.9 x 30 x 19.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast circa 1970
Provenance
Claude and Paul Renoir, Paris.
Anon. sale, Guy Loudmer, Paris, 2 December 1976, lot 73bis.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 5 November 1982, lot 240.
Acquired at the above sale by Marlene and Spencer Hays.
Anon. sale, Guy Loudmer, Paris, 2 December 1976, lot 73bis.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 5 November 1982, lot 240.
Acquired at the above sale by Marlene and Spencer Hays.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. I, p. 105, nos. 418 and 419 (plaster version illustrated; dated 1915).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, p. 408, no. 411 (another cast illustrated).
M. Drucker, Renoir, Paris, 1944, p. 144, pl. X, fig. 2 (another cast illustrated).
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 42, no. 20, pl. XXIX (plaster version illustrated).
W. Pach, intro., Pierre-Auguste Renoir, New York, 1983, p. 39 (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain and L. de Margerie, Musée d'Orsay: Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, Paris, 1986, p. 227 (another cast illustrated).
P. Bade, Renoir, Paris, 1989, p. 39 (another cast illustrated).
D.W. Druick, Renoir, Chicago, 1997, pp. 76-77 and 111, pl. 25 (another version illustrated).
E. Papet, "Kleine kniende Wäscherin" in Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz' Gesamtkatalog, Basel, 2003, pp. 608-609 (another cast illustrated).
Renoir in the 20th Century, exh. cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 2009, p. 350, no. 93 (another cast illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, p. 408, no. 411 (another cast illustrated).
M. Drucker, Renoir, Paris, 1944, p. 144, pl. X, fig. 2 (another cast illustrated).
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 42, no. 20, pl. XXIX (plaster version illustrated).
W. Pach, intro., Pierre-Auguste Renoir, New York, 1983, p. 39 (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain and L. de Margerie, Musée d'Orsay: Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, Paris, 1986, p. 227 (another cast illustrated).
P. Bade, Renoir, Paris, 1989, p. 39 (another cast illustrated).
D.W. Druick, Renoir, Chicago, 1997, pp. 76-77 and 111, pl. 25 (another version illustrated).
E. Papet, "Kleine kniende Wäscherin" in Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz' Gesamtkatalog, Basel, 2003, pp. 608-609 (another cast illustrated).
Renoir in the 20th Century, exh. cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 2009, p. 350, no. 93 (another cast illustrated).
Further Details
Corinne Charpentier-Guino has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Brought to you by
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale