Portrait of Auguste Renoir
Maillol modeled the bust of Auguste Renoir while the painter worked in his summer studio at Essoyes in the Champagne region of France. He portrayed Renoir as an old man, wearing his favorite hat, an old one of white cloth, whose face records the ravages of the pain of incurable arthritis. The first edition in bronze was made in 1907 for the Paris art dealer Ambroise Vollard.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Auguste Renoir
- Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, Banyuls-sur-Mer 1861–1944 Perpignan)
- Date: modeled probably 1906 or 1907, cast probably ca. 1907
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 15 7/8 × 9 1/2 in., 22.3 lb. (40.3 × 24.1 cm, 10.1 kg)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, in memory of Cornelius J. Sullivan
- Object Number: 53.140.8
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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