Limoges, Haute-Vienne 1841 - Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes 1919
Maker: Valsuani
Vénus Victrix (buste)
Vénus Victrix (bust)
1915
bronze
bust
Dimensions (HxWxD): 22 3⁄4 x 19 x 14 in.
signed under shoulder: Renoir 1915
Credit Line: The Kreeger Museum
Photo credit: courtesy, The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C.
© Artist : public domain
Provenance
- 1973, Acquired from Parke-Bernet, New York
- 1973-1994, David (1909-1990) and Carmen (1910-2003) Kreeger Collection, Washington
- 1994, Opening of the Kreeger Museum, Washington
Bibliography
- Museum's website, 17 February 2016
- 1976 Sharpe
The Collections of Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger, Edited by Margy P. Sharpe, Introductions by Charles W. Millard, J. Carter Brown, Richard L. Feigen, Warren M. Robbins, Washington, 1976, p. 228, repr.
Exhibitions
- 1973 New York
Exhibition for the sale, October 19, 1973, Parke-Bernet, New York, cat. no. 106
Related works
- 1976 Sharpe, p. 228:
The terracotta original of this work was made by Renoir in 1915. This bronze, one of an edition of ten, was cast at the Valsuani foundry by the lost-wax (cire perdue) method, under the supervision of the artist's grandson, Paul Renoir.