Maternit

Details

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and
Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Renoir, P.-A. and Guino, R.
Maternit
signed, inscribed and dated 'Renoir Cagnes Terre de Saline 1916' (on the inside)
terracotta
Height: 19.5/8 in. (50 cm.)
Executed circa 1916

Provenance

Anon. sale, Palais Gallira, Paris, 26 March 1977, lot 65.
Acquired at the above sale for The Akram Ojjeh Collection.

Literature

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

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the original terracotta version was cast circa 1916.
A photo-certificate from Michel Guino, dated Paris, 29 September 1999, accompanies this sculpture.