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

Maternité

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Maternité
signed, inscribed and dated 'Renoir Cagnes Terre de Saline 1916' (on the underside)
terracotta
Height: 19 5/8 in. (50 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this terracotta version cast circa 1916

Provenance

Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 26 March 1977, lot 65.
The Akram Ojjeh Collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 1999, lot 225.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, p. 403, no. 413 (another cast illustrated).
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 29, pl. XXXII (another cast illustrated).

Lot Essay

This sculpture depicts Mme Renoir nursing her first child Pierre. Executed by Richard Guino under the direction of Renoir, Maternité was intended as a study for a large statue which was to be placed on Mme Renoir's tomb at Essoyes. The larger version was never realized.

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