Bidspirit auction | Pierre Auguste Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir - la Tete Baisee. 1919, original lithograph., 900. total sheet size 13 x 9 3/4 inches. original lithograph. The French title of ”Claude Renoir, Fils de l'Artiste, la T√™te Bais√©e” translates to: ”Claude Renoir, the Artist's Son, Looking Downwards”. Catalogue references: Delteil 39 or Roger-Marx 14. A fine impression on Arches cream wove paper in excellent condition, printed in Paris by Clot and published in 1919 by Ambroise Vollard for the rare ”Douze Lithographies Originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir”. Although the official edition was to have been 900, it is reported that approximately 1/3 of the impressions were never issued. Image size: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (198 x 190 mm); total sheet size 13 x 9 3/4 inches (330 x 250 mm). Signed in the plate with Renoir's stamped signature (not hand-signed).