Pierre-Auguste RENOIR 1841-1919 Child's head Oil... Lot 157

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR 1841-1919 Child's head Oil on canvas, lined. Signed upper left "Renoir". Small restoration. 12,5 x 9,5 Bibliography: "Paintings, Pastels and Drawings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir" by Ambroise Vollard, in the 1918 edition, reproduced on p. 133 and p. 152 and in the 1989 edition reproduced as n°1460 and n°1553 A certificate from the Wildenstein Institute of inclusion in the critical catalogue of the painter, drawn up from the François Daulte, Durant-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein archives, dated 18 October 2005, will be given to the purchaser This work was exhibited at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes sur Mer in the room devoted to portraits from 15 July 2013 to 5 February 2021. A certificate from Mr Eymeric Pinkowicz, curator of the Museum of Cagnes sur Mer, attesting to this exhibition will be given to the buyer, and stating "this deposit has greatly contributed to the attractiveness of the Renoir Museum renovated in the early 2010s". Provenance: Private collection of a filmmaker Renoir's portraits have always been a growing success, as the Master has always been able to express, through them, the warmth and joy that animated him throughout his life. "You have to know how to find beauty everywhere, what I like is the rosy skin suggesting a happy circulation" he liked to repeat... this work is the frank representation... The child's head represented here has returned to the home of its Master for eight years (2013/2021), being exhibited in the portrait room of the Renoir Museum in Cagnes sur mer "Les Colettes", Renoir's last home.