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Property from a Private Estate
In 1918, after the departure of Richard Guino, with whom he had collaborated on roughly 20 sculptures, Renoir engaged the services of the younger sculptor Louis Morel. Together they created three terracotta reliefs on Dionysian themes, including the following two sculptures, Danseuse au tambourin I and Le joueur de flûte.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Louis Morel (B. 1887)
Danseuse au tambourin I
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Louis Morel (B. 1887)
Danseuse au tambourin I
stamped with signature and numbered 'Renoir no. 3 (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
terracotta
23 x 15 3/8 in. (58.5 x 40.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1918; this terracotta version cast by Louis Morel in 1946
Danseuse au tambourin I
stamped with signature and numbered 'Renoir no. 3 (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
terracotta
23 x 15 3/8 in. (58.5 x 40.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1918; this terracotta version cast by Louis Morel in 1946
Literature
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 43, no. 22 (another cast illustrated, pl. XLIV).