Lot Essay
This work is similar to several of Renoir's paintings and drawings especially Danseuse au tambourin (Ref: B.E. White,His Life, Art and Letters, New York, 1984, p.4).
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GEORGE GREGSON
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Louis Morel
Danseuse au tambourin II
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Louis Morel
Danseuse au tambourin II
signed and numbered 'Renoir 15/20' (lower right), stamped with the foundry mark 'C. Valsuani cire perdue' (on the bottom)
bronze with a black patina
23 7/8 x 17 in. (60.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1918 by Renoir and produced in plaster with the collaboration of the sculptor Louis Morel. Cast in an edition of twenty in 1950 by Renou et Colle, Paris.
Danseuse au tambourin II
signed and numbered 'Renoir 15/20' (lower right), stamped with the foundry mark 'C. Valsuani cire perdue' (on the bottom)
bronze with a black patina
23 7/8 x 17 in. (60.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1918 by Renoir and produced in plaster with the collaboration of the sculptor Louis Morel. Cast in an edition of twenty in 1950 by Renou et Colle, Paris.
Provenance
Galerie Urban, Paris, from whom purchased by George Gregson in 1964.
Literature
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpteur, Paris, 1947, no. 23 (the terracotta illustrated pl.XLIV).
Exhibited
Arizona, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, The George Gregson Collection, Jan.-March 1969 (illustrated p.98).