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Corinne Guino has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Buste de Madame Renoir
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Buste de Madame Renoir
signed with the monogram 'GR' and signed again 'Renoir' (on the back of the right shoulder); inscribed and numbered '© 1983 GUINO-RENOIR 1916 E.A. 1/4' and stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris 1983' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina with green undertones
Height: 23 3/4 in. (60 cm.)
Width: 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1916 and cast in 1983
Buste de Madame Renoir
signed with the monogram 'GR' and signed again 'Renoir' (on the back of the right shoulder); inscribed and numbered '© 1983 GUINO-RENOIR 1916 E.A. 1/4' and stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris 1983' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina with green undertones
Height: 23 3/4 in. (60 cm.)
Width: 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1916 and cast in 1983
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, acquired circa late 1980s to early 1990s.
Literature
P. Haesaerts, Renoir, Sculpteur, Brussels, 1959, no. 18, pp. 28-29 & 43 (detail of plaster version illustrated, pl. XXXV).
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