Petite Vénus à la pomme

Details

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) AND RICHARD GUINO (1890-1973)
Petite Vénus à la pomme
signed, signed again with monogram, dated, numbered and inscribed '© 1983 GVINO-RENOIR 1913 8⁄8 Renoir' (on the back of the base); dated again and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris 1986' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1913 and cast in 1986

Provenance

Anon. sale, Versailles Enchères, Versailles, 2 March 1986, lot 43bis.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

P. Haesaerts, Renoir Sculpteur, Paris, 1947, pp. 24 and 39, no. 3 (another cast illustrated, pls. V-VI; original plaster version illustrated, pls. VIII-IX).
B. Ehrlich White, Renoir: His Life, Art and Letters, New York, 1984, p. 261 (another cast illustrated, p. 258).
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe siècle, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 564 (another cast illustrated).

Further details

Corinne Charpentier-Guino has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

In 1913, Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted a new version of his 1908 picture The Judgement of Paris. During the same year, the artist began collaborating on sculptures with Richard Guino, who had recently worked with Aristide Maillol. Of the total of fourteen sculptures created by the Renoir-Guino partnership, half are related to The Judgement of Paris. In the present sculpture Venus is shown holding the golden apple given to her by Paris.

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