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

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.

Lot Essay

A photo-certificate from Michel Guino, dated Paris, 29 September 1999, accompanies this work.

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

More from Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art (Day Sale)

View All

View All