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

Maternit

细节

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Maternit
signed 'Renoir' (on the left side of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'C.Valsuani Cire Perdue' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 21 in. (54 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast at a later date

来源

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 20 February 1990, lot 26.

出版

J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, p. 403 (another cast illustrated, pl. 413). P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpteur, Brussels, 1947, p. XXXII, pl. 32 (plaster version illustrated).

拍品专文

The sculpture depicts Mme Renoir seated and nursing her first child, Pierre. Executed by Richard Guino and under the direction of Renoir, this bronze was intended as a study for a large statue to be placed on Mme Renoir's tomb at Essoyes. It was never executed.