16 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Richard Guino

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Richard Guino (French, 1841-1919) | (French, 1890-1973) Buste de Madame Renoir, 1916 bronze with dark brown patina inscribed RG and Renoir (upper right verso); also inscribed © 1983 / Guino – Renoir 1916, numbered 6/8, and stamped Susse Fondeur, Paris 1982 (lower right edge verso) Conceived 1916, this example cast 1982. height: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm) Property from a Private Family Trust, Chicago, Illinois This lot is located in Chicago. Overall: 23 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 10 in. Marble base: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, with heavier deposits within the crevices. Scattered areas of oxidation throughout. Some light rubbing to the top of the hat from handling. Removable from marble base. Additional images available upon request. We wish to thank Madame Guino for her assistance in cataloguing the present work. Provenance: Susse Foundry, Paris. Sladmore Gallery, London, acquired from the above, August 1984. Literature: Paul Haesaerts, Renoir: Sculptor, New York, 1947, pp. 30; 42, no. 18 (the plaster version illustrated, pl. XXXV).