Lot Essay
Corinne Guino has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Petite Vénus à la pomme au socle
Details
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
Petite Vénus à la pomme au socle
signed 'Renoir' and with the Guino monogram 'RG', stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE II/VIII' (at the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1913 and cast in 1972
Petite Vénus à la pomme au socle
signed 'Renoir' and with the Guino monogram 'RG', stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE II/VIII' (at the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1913 and cast in 1972
Provenance
Hôtel Bristol, Paris, December 1974.
Michel Guino, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Michel Guino, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpteur, Paris, 1947, no. 3 (the version without socle illustrated pls. V-IX).
P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siécle, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 564 (another cast illustrated).
P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siécle, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 564 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Hôtel Bristol, P.A. Renoir R. Guino, Sculptures et Dessins, November - December 1974, no. 4, p. 37.
Brought to you by
Michelle McMullan