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ART REFERENCE BOOKS TO INCLUDE RENOIR MANET AND OTHERS ROBINSON CRUSOE THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES BOOKS RELATING TO CAMBRIDGE ETC IN TWO BOXES

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Femme nue couchée (Tournée a droite), etching, 13cm x 19cm.Footnote: Provenance: London Graphic Art Associates, London (9 gns).

After Pierre Auguste Renoir (French 1841-1919) - Femme Nue Couchee, Tournee a Droite e Planche, monochrome etching on paper, 13 x 18.5cm approx visible sheet size, framed

Charles Johnson Payne ''Snaffles'' (1884-1967) ''John Jorrocks Esq. MFH - tell me a man's a foxhunter and I loves 'im at once'' Signed in pencil, with the Snaffles bit blindstamp, a colour reproduction, 24cm by 26cm Provenance: Renoir Galleries Ltd., Harrogate See illustration Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business

Manner of Pierre Auguste Renoir, At the opera, pastel, bears a signature 'Gaugin'', 51cm x 41cm. This lot is subject to vat on the hammer.

A reproduction Renoir print on canvas, lady with bouquet, gilt gesso frame

Volumes to include Berenson the Italian painters of the renaissance, Renoir, Goya, Rembrandt (15)

AFTER RENOIR, 'Portrait of a lady with hat', oil on board, 45cm x 37cm, inscribed verso, framed.

Three boxes containing a collection of art reference and other books, to include works on Picasso, Manet, Renoir etc

Album National de la Guerre publie par le Comite de la Fraternite des Artistes sous le haut patronage de Monsieur Raymond Poincare President de la République A limited edition of 200 copies. Unpaginated. Full page plates, each with tissue sheet for protection. About 60 plates including work by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Rodin, Bonnard, Vuillard and many more. Plates are black and white lithographs. The book measures 11.25 x 14.5 inches. A remarkable collection by many artists whom we did not realize lived through the first World War. Quarter leather raised band spine, marbled boards. Gilt top edge. 198 of 200 copies VG

Sir Gerald Festus Kelly PRA RHA (1879-1972) Ma Than E Oil on Canvas, 97 x 84cm (38 x 33'') Exhibited: The Royal Academy London, Summer Exhibition 1938, Cat. No. 253; Brighton Exhibition 1938 untraced; The Royal Hibernian Academy 1939, Cat. No. 35 (N.F.S.); ''Sir Gerald Festus Kelly Retrospective Exhibition'', Royal Academy London 1957, Cat. No. 189, where lent by A.P. Reynolds Esq. In correspondence from the artist to the current owners in March 1969 in relation to this painting, Sir Gerald refers to it as ''one of the very best paintings I ever did of a Burmese Girl, who, by the way, was a little duck''. Sir Gerald Festus Kelly was born in London, 1879. He was educated at Eton College followed by Trinity College Cambridge. After his university studies he travelled to Paris where he remained for many years, receiving an artistic training and befriending Degas, Renoir, Monet, Rodin and Cezanne among others. Kelly travelled extensively during his lifetime, choosing exotic locations such as Burma and Africa as well as the closer climes of Italy and Spain for his inspiration. He painted many pictures of beautiful, porcelain-skinned young Burmese ladies, sometimes dancing but often posed as in this portrait, kneeling with a blanket covering their lower body. Although Kelly's choice of subject for his paintings was varied, it was perhaps for his portraits that he became best known, executing several State portraits and many paintings of society ladies and gentlemen, bishops and lords of the time. Brian Kennedy writes in his book 'Irish Art and Modernism 1880-1950' (p.167): Apart from Dermod O'Brien, the other outstanding portraitists year after year were Sir William Orpen (until 1917 when he last exhibited), Sir John Lavery and Sir Gerald Kelly, but as they lived in England their influence was less than it might otherwise have been. Sir Gerald Festus Kelly exhibited over 300 works at the Royal Academy in London from 1909 until 1970 and held the Presidency from 1949-54. This painting was shown at the Royal Academy in 1957 as part of the 'Sir Gerald Festus Kelly Retrospective Exhibition'. In Ireland Kelly exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1905-1969, the Oireachtas Art Exhibition in 1932 (No. 9 - Mrs Hamilton - 500 and No. 10 - Celestine del Pino of Trinidad - 600) and also at the Ulster Academy of Arts in 1948 (No. 41 - Her Majesty the Queen). Gerald Kelly received a knighthood in 1945 - no doubt for his astounding talent in representing people and places with extreme delicacy and beauty. He was a highly successful artist during his lifetime but his name seems not to have lived on as it did with his peers Sir William Orpen and Sir John Lavery. Sir Gerald Festus Kelly died in London in 1972. His work is housed in several public collections, among them the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Tate Gallery, London and the Royal College of Music, London. Literature: D. Hudson, 'For the Love of Painting - The Life of Sir Gerald Kelly', 1975; S.B. Kennedy, 'Irish Art and Modernism 1880-1950', Institute of Irish Studies, Queens University, Belfast, 1991; Brian Stewart and Mervyn Cutten, 'Dictionary of Painters in Britain up to 1920.

A COLLECTION OF PRINTS to include five Michael Blaker open edition prints, Daniel Giraud Elliot prints of cats, some fading, prints of Anne Curtis drawings for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Charles Crmmbie golf prints, metal etching prints of sailing ships by Ralph S.Coventry, Renoir print 'Dance at le Moulin De La Galette' etc, all framed, largest approximate size 70cm x 88cm including frame (27)

Gilt framed and glazed original copper plate engraving Renoir, with CoA, 20 x 24 cm. This lot is not available for in-house P&P

4 vintage 1960's A line dresses. Comprising: blue & white Tricel dress by Alice Edwards Italians (size 18), a brown and cream cotton dress by Renoir (size 42), a white and blue spotted sleeveless dress by John Siskin, London (size 42) and a black, green and cream Heathcoat, Saville Row

After Renoir mother and child colour print

A PAIR OF ENAMEL PORTRAITS OF LADIES, one inscribed 'Renoir' the other 'Picasso' (on view at Fine Art)

A DECORATIVE PASTEL PAINTING AFTER RENOIR of bathers, 69cm x 78cm, stamped to the reverse 'Canals Studio Painting' Condition: the picture of recent production, set within a painted heavily moulded gilt frame with minor marks losses and damage

Mixed box of pictures including prints - geese, lioness, owl, Baden-Powell, to/w Renoir boating and Ben Maile prints (11)

* Renoir (Pierre Auguste, 1841-1919). Baigneuse, 1910, etching on cream laid paper, a later impression from the original plate, plate size 165 x 110 mm (6.5 x 4.3 ins), sheet size 315 x 257 mm (12.4 x 10.1 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESDelteil 23.

Collection of contemporary jewellery mainly copper by Renoir various necklaces, bangles, bracelets and earrings approx. 25 pieces.

Three Royal Doulton ladies- Au Renoir, Elaine and Top o’ the Hill, together with other figures, ceramics and glasswareCondition report: Figures in overall good condition

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `Renoir´, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified friend, in French. Renoir explains to his correspondent his meetings with Mr & Mrs Blanche, Mr. Lemoine and Madame Roper, referring to an antique pendulum purchase, to the progress of young painter, and even transcribing exact expressions of his interlocutors, and states in part `..I was introduced to Mr. Lemoine, who offered to me a cigar and invited me to visit him, I feel flattered for this.. but what I have to tell you is even more interesting, this is the fact. While I was strolling in Dieppe at Madame Ropert… I find a Louis XVI pendulum, I tell Madame Ropert, - this one is for Madame Blanche at least, - she will probably like it very much, but she has not seen it yet as I only received it yesterday. I have told her and I think she will like it. - How much. 300. All right. I´ll let you know tomorrow. I was going to ask you to go and watch it, in case I am doing a big folly, and if I was not buying a pendulum worth 15 francs...´ further saying `She asked me about your son´s paintings, and I responded he was making big progress, then she said "have you bought bibelots?", and I responded with serious convincing voice "I have bought a pendulum". Imagine Madame Blanche´s face exclaiming "I am sure it is my pendulum". I did not frown, and I responded "I don´t know, it is a cuckoo clock". She sighs.. and did not talk to me all through the evening.. Early this morning I went to see Madame Ropert and told her that I buy the pendulum but do not… if not I will not come back here ever again.´ and before concluding on a post-scriptum saying `After all it is expensive, but I hope I will not be ennoyed because of my three hundred francs.´ Very small and professional repair to the fold, otherwise G

SISLEY ALFRED: (1839-1899) French-born British Impressionist Painter. A fine A.L.S., A. Sisley, one page, 8vo, Moret-sur-Loing, 9th January 1897, to [George] Viau, in French. Sisley announces that he is coming to Paris on Monday and would like to invite his correspondent to lunch in order that 'we will make out together this great list'. The artist concludes by sending his regards to Viau's wife and mother. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG  £600-900 George Viau (1855-1939) French Dentist and Art Collector who acquired works by many Impressionist painters including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley.

CASSATT MARY: (1844-1926) American Painter, one of 'Les Trois Grandes Dames' of Impressionism. A.L.S., `Mary Cassatt´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 14th September, n.y., on the Mesnil-Beaufresne printed stationery, to art critic Achille Segard, in French. Cassatt writes to her biographer regarding one of her paintings, and states in part `…allow the person sent by the Durand-Ruel Gallery to take my painting in your house. I would like to finish what I have to do during my stay here where I have the models and the place to work and October would be a little late if I leave early to the south of France."  EX  Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French Art Dealer. Probably the most important commercial advocate of impressionists, providing monetary support to his painters and solo-exhibitions.  He counted Degas, Monet, Manet and Renoir among his clients.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)Le Chapeau Épinglé (1re Plance) (see Delteil 6, Stella 6)The rare and previously unrecorded drypoint printing with rich burr, printed in dark brown ink, 1894-95, a unique proof printed before steel-facing and the bevelling of the plate, on laid paper, with full margins, 120 x 85mm (4 3/4 x 3 1/3in) (unframed)Both Delteil and Stella had only seen impressions of this work printed after the plate was steel-faced and mistakenly assumed the work to be an etching. This previously unknown impression printed prior to the steel-facing displays extremely rich burr and a delicate veil of plate tone, and thus we can unquestionably state that the work is indeed a drypoint engraving rather than an etching.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)La Danse a la Campagne, 2E Palanche (Delteil 2)Etching, circa 1890, with the artist's stamped signature, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 322 x 251mm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in) (unframed)

Two etchings taken from Theodore Duret's Les Peintres Impressionnistes, Paris, 1923, Pierre Auguste Renoir ' Baigneuse ' and Bertha Morisot ' Jeune Fille au Chat ', both framed

AFTER PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR "On the Beach", etching, signed in plate, bears certificate of authenticity to back, visible image approx 19.5 cm x 12 cm, including frame approx 71 cm x 61 cm

Two pictures, a copy of Renoir and a print by Judy Bayes.

Two rings - a 9ct yellow old ring set with elliptical amethyst with bead edge decoration and open shoulders, size L/M, approx 4.4g all in to/w a 9ct rose gold ring set with oval cameo, size J, approx 3.2g all in to/w A double row of graduated pearls threaded onto yellow metal snap stamped 9ct and stamped CIRO to/w a double row of simulated pearls with paste-set centre, in box stamped for Pierre Renoir and c/w guarantee and a chain link necklace (5)

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919). Title: "Baigneuse debout, a Mi-Jambes". Medium: Original etching. Date: Composed c1906. Printed later. Dimensions: Overall size: 14 13/16 x 11 3/8 in. (376 x 289 mm). Image size: 6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (171 x 110 mm).Lot Note(s): Cream wove paper. Full margins. Very good impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Delteil 23; Stella 23. Comment(s): During the second half of the nineteenth century, France was experiencing a printmaking renaissance. Despite this artistic trend, Impressionists were not quick to adopt the medium as they were accustomed to painting in plein air. However, Renoir learned the medium, creating his first etching in 1890 and his first lithograph two years later. During this time, Renoir was 49 and already an established painter. Yet, he executed a total of 59 prints in his lifetime, producing almost equal amounts of lithographs and etchings. Impressively, he was able to develop his own style of etching independent of his development as a painter [courtesy Masterworks Fine Art]. [2646-3-300]

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919). Title: "Femme nue couchee, tournee a droite, 2e Planche". Medium: Original etching. Date: Composed 1906. Printed later from the original plate. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (283 x 378 mm). Image size: 5 5/16 x 7 11/16 in. (135 x 195 mm).Lot Note(s): Cream wove Arches paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Delteil 14; Stella 14. Comment(s): Earlier impressions of this print regularly sell at auction for well over $1,000. According to "Gordon's Art Reference" the auction record is $3,450 at Swann Galleries (Works of Art on Paper, Sale #1877) - 11/09/2000 - lot #376. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [2648-3-300]

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919). Title: "La chapeau epingle [3e Planche]". Medium: Original etching. Date: Composed c1894. Printed later. Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 9 3/8 in. (305 x 238 mm). Image size: 4 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (117 x 83 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower left. Cream wove paper. Full margins (deckle edges). Good impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Delteil 8. Comment(s): Earlier impressions of this print regularly sell at auction for well over $1,000. According to "Gordon's Art Reference" the auction record is $10,000, set at Sotheby's, New York (Prints, #8344) - 09/26/2007 - lot #171. The models are Julie Manet, the daughter of Berthe Morisot and niece of Eduard Manet, and her cousin, Paulette Gobillard. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [1397-2-300]

ROBERT GOLDWATER: PAUL GAUGUIN + MEYER CHAPIRO: VINCENT VAN GOGH - PAUL CEZANNE + D CATON RICH: EDGAR DEGAS + DOUGLAS COOPER: HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC + WALTER PACH: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR + JOHN REWALD: CAMILLE PISSARRO, Paris, Nouvelles Editions Francaises [1961], 7 vols, 4to, loose as issued in folders, original slip-cases (7)

E Aldridge (British 20th/21st century) - A quantity of oil paintings on board, subjects including genre, golfing, copies of works after Renoir, Jack Vettriano, etc, all signed, various sizes, 25 x 20cm max, all framed (25)

Le Crime DE Monsieur Lange &Un Parte De Campagne 30x40 approx original movie poster Tribute to Jean Renoir. Grade A condition. Good Condition. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.

AFTER PIERRE AUGUST RENOIR "La Loge" , a couple in a box at the opera, oil on canvas, unsigned

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), a rowing boat scene, lithograph, signed within the print with the letter R, lower right, published by Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co, Munich, blindstamped lower right, on Van Gelder Zonen paper, H.30cm W.47cmProvenance: Harry C.Murcott & Sons of London

W Bird - three landscape oil paintings, framed, a print after Renoir and another after John Stevens (5)Location: LWF

Original vintage travel poster - Paris Montmartre. Published by French Railways, this poster features a great painting by artist Maurice Utrillo showing a picturesque cobled-street in the famous Parisian district of Montmartre leading to the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur with its famous dome visible above the house roofs. During the Belle Époque from 1872 to 1914, many notable artists lived and worked in Montmartre, where the rents were low and the atmosphere congenial, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy, Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani. Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon (1883-1955), was a French painter born in the Montmartre district. Specialized in cityscapes, he is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there. Printed in France by De Plas. Condition: Excellent condition, light staining.. Country of printing: France, designer: Maurice Utrillo, size (cm): 98.5x61, year of printing: 1953.

After Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A French lost wax bronze group of embracing maidens, bears signature, height 23cm Condition: Good condition, remnant of a paper label stuck to the front edge of the base near the outstretched feet where there is also some green verdigris running around the base, signed to the upper side of the base, Cire Perdue seal mark to the back,

CHAPLIN´S LEADING ROLES: A good selection of three vintage signed photographs by film Actors and Actresses having performed as leading roles in Chaplin´s films, containing PAULETTE GODDARD (1910-1990) American Actress. Well remembered for her leading lady roles in Chaplin´s films Modern Times and The Great Dictator. Third wife of Charles Chaplin. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the promotional image showing Goddard standing in a three quarter length pose, in a scene of Renoir´s film The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946), film co-starred with her third husband Burgess Meredith. Inscribed to French autograph collector Pierre Goulliard; ADOLPHE MENJOU (1890-1963) American Actor. He appeared in films such as Charles Chaplin´s A Woman of Paris (1923), Stanley Kubrick´s Paths of Glory (1957), The Sheik (1921) with Rudolph Valentino or Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper. A good signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph, a close-up portrait of Menjou. Inscribed to Journalist André Jouniaux, a well-known autograph collector; and MERNA KENNEDY (1908-1944) American Actress. Best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Rare signed postcard photograph, the Ross image depicting Kennedy standing, in a full length pose, alongside a white horse, in a scene of The Circus film. Kennedy died of a heart attack at the early age of 36, only four days after her marriage. All are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. VG  £150-200    

Renoir´s “Tableaux” ledger    RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. Exceptional hardcover 4.5 x 6.5 ledger book, 116 pages, containing 14 pages filled out in Renoir´s hand, recording the sales of his paintings, listing those in deposit, where they are, etc.. Written to the front cover `Tableaux´ (“Paintings”). The opening page bears a red pencil annotation, `Durand Ruel´, and the next 14 pages are dated from 1882 to 1885, recording various financial transactions. Several of these entries record amounts received from the sales of his works, and in several instances he writes names or descriptions of the works, such as  “Portrait de Mme. C dans un jardin”, “Femme nue”, “Jeune Kabyle”, “Vues Venise”, “Saltimbanque”, “Naples et Alger”, “jardin coquelicot”, “Jardin Montmartre”, “Samary (Pastel)”, and many more. Few other pages with multiple payments records, painting prices, financial transactions, amounts received on account, dates, etc.. In two instances, in 1883, Renoir writes the name `Manet´ presumably referring to his friend and fellow Edouard Manet. These entries provide valuable insight into Renoir's life and work, and as such this ledger represents an important piece for Renoir research. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG  £15000-20000   Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French Art Dealer. Probably the most important commercial advocate of impressionists, providing monetary support to his painters and solo-exhibitions.  He counted Degas, Monet, Manet and Renoir among his clients.

SISLEY ALFRED: (1839-1899) French-born British Impressionist Painter. A fine A.L.S., A. Sisley, one page, 8vo, Moret-sur-Loing, 9th January 1897, to [George] Viau, in French. Sisley announces that he is coming to Paris on Monday and would like to invite his correspondent to lunch in order that 'we will make out together this great list'. The artist concludes by sending his regards to Viau's wife and mother. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG  £600-900  George Viau (1855-1939) French Dentist and Art Collector who acquired works by many Impressionist painters including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley

CASSATT MARY: (1844-1926) American Painter, one of 'Les Trois Grandes Dames' of Impressionism. A.L.S., `Mary Cassatt´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 14th September, n.y., on the Mesnil-Beaufresne printed stationery, to art critic Achille Segard, in French. Cassatt writes to her biographer regarding one of her paintings, and states in part `…allow the person sent by the Durand-Ruel Gallery to take my painting in your house. I would like to finish what I have to do during my stay here where I have the models and the place to work and October would be a little late if I leave early to the south of France."  EX  £1500-2000   Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French Art Dealer. Probably the most important commercial advocate of impressionists, providing monetary support to his painters and solo-exhibitions.  He counted Degas, Monet, Manet and Renoir among his clients.

After Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'La Yole', oil on canvas, initialled 'IZ' to lower right, 30 x 40cm

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (FRENCH 1841-1919) Louis Valtat (Delteil, Stella 38), 1904 lithograph 33 x 25.2 cm (13 x 9 7/8 in.) signed in plate lower right PROVENANCEBeaussant Lefevre, Paris, October 10, 1990 (Copy of invoice available upon request)Acquired at the above by a prominent Armenian-American Family

PAIR OF CABINET DISHES, depicting scenes after Renoir, 32cm high

After Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'La Yole', oil on canvas, initialled 'IZ' to lower right, 30 x 40cm

Christo (American, born 1935)The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris), in two parts 1979 signed, titled and dated 1979 on the upper panel; variously inscribed on the reverse of each panelpastel, wax crayon, charcoal, graphite and printed paper on card laid on board, in a Perspex frameUpper Panel: 38 by 244 cm.14 15/16 by 96 1/16 in.Lower Panel: 107 by 244 cm.42 1/8 by 96 1/16 in.Footnotes:ProvenanceCarl Flach, SwedenSale: Sotheby's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 3 December 1992, Lot 68Galerie Bernard Cats, BrusselsAcquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1994Over the course of one of the most enchanting and beloved artistic careers – famed for producing some of the greatest monumental and dramatic works of public sculpture to ever be realised – American artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude have redefined the notion of public sculpture, bringing their 'wrapped' projects to cities including Berlin, Chicago, Milan, and Paris. Presented here are two sterling examples of Christo's preparatory artworks for The Pont Neuf Wrapped and The Umbrellas, each project realised in 1985 and 1991 respectively. Internationally lauded and collected by museums that include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA, and the Tate collection, London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris will play host to a major retrospective of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, opening in March 2020, before presenting one of their most significant and highly anticipated wrapped monuments in September; covering the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with 25,000 square meters of fabric for a period of 16 days. Contemplative and beautiful, Christo's practice emerged from the Nouveau Réalisme movement in Paris in the early 1960s alongside artists including Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely. Having fled the Eastern Bloc, escaping from Czechoslovakia to Vienna in 1957 before making his way to the French capital, the artist found his quintessential style early on, wrapping cans, bottles, shoes, and chairs in his Paris attic studio, before meeting his lifelong collaborator and wife Jeanne-Claude in 1958. Offered for sale are two preparatory renderings of a pair of enormously complex projects Christo and Jeanne-Claude would undertake years after their conception. The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris) (1979) – one if the largest Christo works to ever come to market – and The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA) (1990) illustrate the extravagant conceptual mind that made Christo and Jeanne-Claude two of the most celebrated and admired creative visionaries of the last half century. The Pont-Neuf bridge was first completed in July 1606 and is the oldest bridge crossing the river Seine in the French capital. An icon of Paris, joining the left and right banks and the Île de la Cité for over 400 years, it has been immortalised in paint by J.M.W. Turner, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro alike. Joining such a canon of artists to tackle this historical site, the present work by the artist is a rare, large-scale, two-part study for the proposed project that took ten years of negotiations and two rejections before it was finally executed in 1985. Turning one of the most important pieces of architecture in Paris into a uniform façade of folds and bindings, Christo and Jeanne-Claude drew attention to the history, the design, and the mythology of the 'City of Light', highlighting the building blocks of a culture and a nation; appreciating them by veiling them. Documenting the ephemeral, 14-day event, the energetic diptych, The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris), depicts a charming blend of studied, expressive and technical marks, combined with notes and comments by the artist's hand, capturing the committed and all-encompassing approach to what would become one of the duo's most iconic wrapped monuments. A thought-provoking and more politically weighted piece, The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA) depicts one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's most elaborate and poignant works of public sculpture, ambitiously constructed between two continents either side of the Pacific Ocean in 1991. From 9th October that year for 18 days, 3100 oversized umbrellas standing at little over 6 meters high, divided between two valleys in Japan and California, USA, were opened and stood silently and proudly as objects that sheltered and mirrored one another across nations that had previously known intolerable war against one another. Often rebutting the political or historical reading of their work, the couple's temporary monuments nonetheless consistently nudge a reading of them as being bound to their sites and their shapes, drawing attention to their location and social currency. In the present work, Christo's Japanese umbrellas dance through the valley of the Sato River, wonderfully depicted in vivid hues of green and blue, inscribed exuberantly in pencil on paper, alongside a technical map of the lowland in the Prefecture of Ibaraki. As much technical drawings as they are visions of a project to-be, the two diptychs by Christo offered here are superlative examples of the artists' fleeting monumental projects and their lasting preparatory studies. Works of art in their own right, they stand as exquisite landscapes that chart the magnificent and provocative impact Christo and Jeanne-Claude have had, not just as great sculptors, but as an artist-duo who have made history and culture their very medium.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919), Enfants jouant à la Balle, lithograph in colours, circa 1900, from the edition of 200, MBM watermark to left margin, H.58.5cm W.51cm full sheet H.90.5cm W.62cm Provenance: Christie's London, 2nd December, 1992, lot 514, where acquired by the previous owner

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (FRENCH 1841 - 1919), ETUDE DE TETES oil on canvas 8.3cm x 6cm Framed Note: Painted in 1898. Provenance: Collection E Bachman, New York; Sold, Christie's, New York, 29 November 1984, lot 110; Sold, Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1985, lot 22. Note: This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné online of the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. This work will also be included in the 2nd supplement of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Drawings and Watercolors, in preparation by Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Floriane Dauberville at Editions Bernheim-Jeune. Original documents from Wildenstein Plattner Institute and Bernheim-Jeune accompany this lot.

After Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A French lost wax bronze group of embracing maidens bears signature, H.9in.

After Renoir, etching re-strike, Le Chapeau Epingle 11 x 8cm

After Renoir, etching, Sur le Plage Berneval, 11.5 x 7.5cm

Mallarmé, Stéphane Pages Brussels: E. Deman, 1891. 4to, limited to 325 copies, one of 275 on Hollande Van Gelder paper, frontispiece by Renoir, slightly spotted, a few small stains (p.160), ?later tan cloth lettered in ink, binding somewhat soiled, inscriptions to initial blank leaf of A.J.R. Hamilton, Dresden, 1897, upper hinge weak

AFTER PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Sur la Plage, á Berneval" dry point etching (posthumous impression)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919) "Baigneuse debout a mi-jambes" or "The Bather," c 1906, Original etching. [Portfolio: Manet and the French Impressionists (Duret)] Framed. Reference: Stella 23. Excellent impression on very good wove paper. Ample margins. Provenance: Lawrence Ison Estate. Image size: 6 5/8 x 4.5 in. Overall Size: 13.75 x 11.75 in. Framed behind glass.

Prints - Norman Rockwell self portrait; Renoir Sleeping Woman; portrait of a young girl etc. (8)

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)Étude de femme nue, assise (Delteil, 42)Lithograph, 1904, with the printed signature, the edition was 1000, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9 ¾in) (unframed)