Lot 2
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Richard Guino (1890-1973)
  • Le Petit Forgeron (Le Feu)
  • inscribed Renoir (on side of base), and stamped with the C. Valsuani foundry mark (on back of base)
  • bronze with dark brown-black patina, on an ebonized wood plinth
  • Height: 12 3/4 in.,
  • 32.5 cm., not including plinth
  • model executed in 1916

Provenance

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London
Etta E. Steinberg, St. Louis, Mo., acquired from the above, 1954 (Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, New York, May 13, 1977, lot 616, illustrated)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

generally good condition overall, some light abrasion to extremities on the sides, particularly to right hand and arm, moderate surface dirt, wear to plinth
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