[RENOIR (Auguste)] - VOLLARD (Ambroise). - Lot 271

[RENOIR (Auguste)] - VOLLARD (Ambroise). The Life & Work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris : Ambroise Vollard, 1919. - In-4, gray cloth, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (contemporary binding). "First edition of one of the standard texts on one of the most important French Impressionist painters. It is illustrated with numerous in-text and full-page reproductions, an original etching by Renoir (Femme nue or Baigneuse assise), a color lithograph by Auguste Clot after an oil painting by the artist (Les Sirènes) and 51 out-of-text photogravures, all in a captioned mount. Edition of 1000 copies, this being one of 525 on fine tinted paper. Scattered foxing and light wetness on the first few leaves, including on the etching leaf, which also has a crease in the center."