Claude Renoir ("Coco")

c. 1908

Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino

Associated Names
Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

Richard Guino

Sculptor, French, born Spain, 1890 - 1973

The sculpture is a bust of a young girl, capturing her upper torso and head. The girl has short hair with bangs across her forehead. The sculpture appears to be made of bronze with a dark metallic hue and hints of greenish patina. It rests on a square black plinth. The girl’s facial features are softly rendered, with closed lips and subtly defined eyes. The sculpture has a textured surface.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Seligman Lewisohn [1895-1954], New York; bequest 1954 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Auguste Renoir, Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum, Japan, 1979, no. 97, repro.

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 165, as Coco.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 145, repro., as Coco.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 188, repro.

Inscriptions

on back, collar, stamped: CIRE / C. VALSUANI / PERDUE; on back, collar, left: n 3/30

Markings

FM: Valsuani

Wikidata ID

Q63809235

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