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

Details

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

Maternité

signed, stamped and numbered on the base Renoir 4A/10, Valsuani cire perdue, bronze with black patina
21¼in. (54cm.) high

Conceived in 1916 and cast at a later date

Literature

P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpture, Brussels, 1947, p. XXXII, pl. 31 (the plaster version illustrated)
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, no. 413 (another cast illustrated p. 403)

Lot Essay

The group portrays Mme. Renoir seated and nursing her first baby, Pierre. Executed by Richard Guino and under the direction of Renoir, this work was intended as a study for a large statue to be placed on Mme. Renoir's tomb at Essoyes, which was never executed.

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