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Pierre-Auguste Renoir & Richard Guino — Tête de Venus

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

&Richard Guino

Tête de Venus

1915

"Tête de Vénus" is a bronze sculptural work created through the collaboration of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his assistant Richard Guino, representing a significant venture into three-dimensional form by the Impressionist painter. The sculpture captures the delicate, sensual qualities characteristic of Renoir's aesthetic, translating the soft modeling and idealized beauty typical of his paintings into bronze. This work exemplifies the dialogue between painting and sculpture that occurred in early twentieth-century modernism, as Renoir increasingly engaged with sculptural production later in his career.

Medium
bronze

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern Discoveries

February 19, 2025

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 240

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir & Richard Guino, Tête de Venus, 1915

"Tête de Vénus" is a bronze sculptural work created through the collaboration of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his assistant Richard Guino, representing a significant venture into three-dimensional form by the Impressionist painter. The sculpture captures the delicate, sensual qualities characteristic of Renoir's aesthetic, translating the soft modeling and idealized beauty typical of his paintings into bronze. This work exemplifies the dialogue between painting and sculpture that occurred in early twentieth-century modernism, as Renoir increasingly engaged with sculptural production later in his career.

Medium
bronze
Year
1915
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

French, 20th Century, Art Deco, Sculpture, Sensual elegance, Bust, Idealized Beauty, Ivory Carving, Neoclassical, Classical Mythology

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums