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Lot 17
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • DANSEUSE AU TAMBOURIN I; JOUEUR DE FLÛTE: Two Bronze Reliefs
  • The first inscribed Renoir, numbered 15/20 and with the foundry mark C VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE, the second inscribed Renoir, numbered 4/20 and with the foundry mark C VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE
  • bronze with dark brown patina
  • I) 24 by 17 1/4 in. 61 by 43.8 cm
  • II) 24 by 17 3/8 in. 61 by 44 cm
  • Conceived in 1918 and cast in bronze in 1950 in an edition of 20

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, June 30, 1999, lot 201
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculptor, New York, 1947, nos. 22 and 24,  illustrations of the terracotta pls. XLIV, XLV and XLVII