SACHA GUITRY (1885-1957)

SACHA GUITRY (1885-1957)
Bust of Jules Renard, circa 1910
Plaster
Unsigned
(Accidents, small chips and old glue)
Plaster, unsigned
16 cm - 6 1/4 in.

Provenance
- Collection of artist René Koval (1885-1936), France (gift from the artist)
- Private collection, France (by descent)

Related works
- Sacha Guitry (1885-1957), Buste de Jules Renard, circa 1909-1910, plaster, signed on the lower right neck, resting on a square red velvet base, 16 cm, in. Sale, Collection Jacques Crépineau, une vie entre théâtre et music-Hall, Part I, Ader, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, October 6, 2021, lot 147
- Sacha Guitry (1885-1957), Buste de Jules Renard, circa 1910, plaster, signed on lower right neck, 39 cm, in. Sale, Sacha Guitry, Collection André Bernard Part. 1, Ader, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, November 17, 2011, lot 133

Note
"I made three busts in my life... The first was a bust of Jules Renard, the second was a bust of Jules Renard - and the third too... [...] Three busts of the same man! And that's enough to tell you what admiration and tenderness I had for Jules Renard.
Sacha Guitry