Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Title: Woman with Tambourine III (La Danseuse au Tambourin) Medium: Bas relief bronze sculpture, posthumously cast from the original terra-cotta Inscribed: Renoir lower right Edition: 149 of 220 Size: 29 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. Frame: 36 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. Provenance: Sale, Parker & Parker, New York, June 1984 Condition: In excellent condition. No apparent problems to note. Note: Woman with Tambourine III is the last of seventeen total sculptures that Renoir created in his career. It has been authenticated by Claude Renoir, the sculptor’s grandson as well as experts from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A certificate of authenticity, signed by Claude Renoir and stamped by S.P.A.D.E.M., the organization that protects the rights of the artist, accompanies this lot.
