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Grand buste de Vénus
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) & Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Grand buste de Vénus
signed and dated 'Renoir 1915', with Richard Giuno stamp 'RG' and numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E.A. IV/IV C. Valsuani Cire Perdu' (at the rear of the bust)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 22½ in. (57.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1915; this bronze version cast in 1973 in an edition of 12 numbered casts for the 1974 Paris exhibition
Grand buste de Vénus
signed and dated 'Renoir 1915', with Richard Giuno stamp 'RG' and numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E.A. IV/IV C. Valsuani Cire Perdu' (at the rear of the bust)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 22½ in. (57.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1915; this bronze version cast in 1973 in an edition of 12 numbered casts for the 1974 Paris exhibition
Exhibited
Paris, Hotel Bristol, Centennaire de l'Impressionnisme, 1974 (illustrated in the catalogue).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Michel Guino dated Paris le 13 Janvier 2001.