Lot 1941

Richard Guino (1890-1973), and Pierre August Renoir (1841-1919), 'Le petit forgeron' or 'Feu', green bronze coloured plaster, signed Renoir, DIA, Alexis Rudier, Fondeur Paris, conceived 1916, exec. second half 20th century. French art dealer Ambroise Vollard commissioned several sculptures from artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1916. Richard Guino made plaster maquettes according to Renoir’s instructions but an edition was never cast during the artist’s lifetime. In 1958, the heirs of Renoir and Vollard authorised an edition in bronze, and it was cast by La Fonderie Valsuani, Paris, in 1966. Provenance: purchased by the present owner at the end of the 1960's