Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) (after) - Lot 122

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) (after) Ten watercolors, red chalks and pastels by Auguste Renoir. Introduction by René Jean. Geneva, Paris, Georg et Cie, 1921. A large album in-fol. [440 x 550 mm] containing 10 reproductions of Renoir's works. Lithography by Aug. Clot (for the watercolors) and Daniel Jacomet et Cie process (for the pastels and sanguines). Very nice proofs on cream vellum with the publisher's dry stamp, mounted under matting. Two subjects enhanced in pastel by a foreign hand. Slight oxidation of the leaves when opening the mats (themselves oxidized). Portfolio of the edition (faded, with stains and accidents). Joint: small book in-4 including the text of R. Jean, with table of plates at the end. Ex. faded but not cut. One of 185 numbered ordinary copies. Total edition at 200 copies.