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PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE DINA AND RAPHAEL RECANATI FAMILY FOUNDATION
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) AND RICHARD GUINO (1890-1973)
Le feu ou Le petit forgeron accroupi
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) AND RICHARD GUINO (1890-1973)
Le feu ou Le petit forgeron accroupi
signed 'Renoir' (on the right side of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '1/E C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11 1/4 in. (30.5 cm.)
Length: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.)
Conceived circa 1916; this bronze version cast in June 1958
Le feu ou Le petit forgeron accroupi
signed 'Renoir' (on the right side of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '1/E C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11 1/4 in. (30.5 cm.)
Length: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.)
Conceived circa 1916; this bronze version cast in June 1958
Provenance
Acquired by the late owners, by 1965.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. I, p. 112 (plaster version illustrated, pls. 446 and 447).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, pp. 406-407, nos. 409 and 410 (another cast illustrated).
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 42, no. 19 (another cast illustrated, pl. XXVIII).
J. Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, pp. 406-407, nos. 409 and 410 (another cast illustrated).
P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, p. 42, no. 19 (another cast illustrated, pl. XXVIII).
Further Details
Corinne Guino has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the lot is being offered without reserve.