1919 RENOIR \ Vollard, 52 Engravings Ambroise Vollard

At the turn of the century Ambroise Vollard was the most renowned art dealer of his time. He discovered such artists as Cezanne, Matisse and Vlaminck to name only a few. In 1919 Ambroise Vollard working with Renoir published a series of 52 engravings from copper plates comprising the best examples of Renoir's art work. Although there were one thousand total copies of the set printed in 1919, the Ambroise Vollard estate suggests in a letter, After W.W.II, ONLY SIX COPIES REMAIN in existence from the original 1000, which copies are now priceless. The Vollard estate has two of the said six copies as well as the copper plates used for the original engravings. Pierre Auguste Renoir was a French impressionist painter noted for his radiant, intimate paintings, particularly of the female nude. Recognized by critics as one of the greatest and most independent painters of his period, Renoir is noted for the harmony of his lines, the brilliance of his color, and the intimate charm of his wide variety of subjects.



1. Portrait du pere de Renoir
2. Portrait de Renoir
3. Femme nue assise
4. Paysage
5. Mere allaitant (dessin)
6. Baigneuses
7. Femme a sa coiffure
8. Le cabaret de la mere Anthony
9. La Grenouillere
10. Apres le bain
11. Femme s’essuyant
12. Au coin de la cheminee
13. La conversation
14. Sur le bord de la mer
15. Le repos
16. Etude de femme nue, (dessin)
17. Argenteuil
18. Portraits
19. Versailles
20. La balancoire
21. Femme nue se chaussant
22. Etudes
23. Femme s’essuyant
24. Le jugement de Paris, (dessin)
25. Fillettes
26. Dans la campagne
27. Le sommeil
28. La pomme
29. Venise
30. Baigneuse
31. Les Brodeuses
32. Apres le bain
33. La femme, la vache et le mouton
34. La famille
35. La source
36. Femme au panier
37. Gabrielle et Jean
38. Le repos
39. Le jugement de Paris (bas-relief bronze)
40. La femme au miroir
41. La fenaison
42. Le moulin de la Galette
43. Fillettes au torse nu
44. Portrait de Mme de Galea
45. Portrait de Bernstein
46. Mon portrait
47. Femme nue s’essuyant
48. Mon portrait en toreador
49. Femmes nues
50. Femme nue etendue
51. Le repos apres le bai