unique RENOIR original Lithograph (rare) 1910 MAKE AN OFFER...............estimate $22,500 to $27,500 Start Price USD 27,500.00 Current Price USD 27,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 Location GREAT GIFT See more about 'unique RENOIR original Lithograph (rare) 1910' Description Pierre Auguste --RENOIR-- An extremely rare , unique & valuable lithograph Featuring Madame Renoir suckling son Pierre born March 1885 ALL GENUINE Ebayer OFFERS CONSIDERED Auction Estimate $22,500 to $27,500 Title Mere et Enfant ( Mother & Child ) also known as " Nursing , Maternite & Trois Esquisses de Maternite's" Image Size  8 x 9 1/2 inch Frame Size 18 inch x 19 inch Original Vollard Frame Included Artist  Pierre Auguste RENOIR  Publisher Ambroise Vollard Paris 1910 printed by Auguste Clot Provenance Ambroise Vollard , Paris..........Private Collections , Paris , USA, Australia ( owners provenance included with sale ) This rare Lithograph was acquired 1910 by the pre-eminent collection of the National Library of France ( Bibliotheque Nationale ) Publisher Specs Original and (only state) Lithograph produced from the ( 1885 ) Renoir study on paper used to produce the Maternite 1885 Oil painting in the Musee D'Orsay Paris.....See also Maternite (1886) Museum Fine Art St Pertersburg  Extremely rare Lithograph, listed & published widely in Renoirs Catalogue Raisonne's & Books ( see below for a few examples ) Rarity: These Maternite Lithographs are quite rare. The publisher & critic ' Loys Delteil ' who was one of Renoirs greatest Lithograph & Etching collectors was unable to obtain this rare Lithograph during his lifetime for his own collection....It is however published in his widely read Renoir publication (see below)  along with various others as listed ( see photo's also )  This Lithograph is Published in the below Renoir Catalogue Raisonne's / Books among others 1/ The Etchings & Lithographs Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1923 by Loys Delteil page -ref 127 ( reprint 1999 by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts) 2/  The Graphic Works of the Impressionists by Michel Melot page-ref  R56 3/ Renoir His Life & Works by Francesca Castellani page-ref 178 Briefly With the birth of Renoir's first child 'Pierre' in March 1885 Renoir produced a series of 3x Oil paintings titled  Maternite ( Mother & Child ) Maternite 1885 collection Musee D'Orsay Paris remains one of his finest works Maternite 1886 2nd version Museum Fine Art St Petersburg  Maternite 1886 3rd version private Japanese collection Completing 3x Oils on this Maternite theme during 1885/86 Renoir later returned to this same pose of Madame Renoir seated while suckling their son. Later in 1916 when he completed a sculpture of the same pose in bronze also titled 'Matrnite' then another oil on canvas embracing his later looser style he utilised those studies he had drawn some 3 decades before. The Original Maternite (1885) oil on canvas hung with pride of place in the Renoir family home opposite the fire place. IT NOW HANGS IN THE MUSEE D'ORSAY IN PARIS. Renoirs prepatory works for such important paintings usually included a large & comprehensive cache of prepatory studies (sketches) on paper. These studies ranged from quite basic line drawing sketches to more elaborate studies in Charcoal/Pencil, Sanguine & Chalk, Pen & Ink , Pastel / Crayon etc Ambroise Vollard ( Renoir's Paris Dealer ) acquired these Maternite studies, selecting the larger rather muted works to be published in his 1918-1919 Renoir Catalogue Raisonne's  including this exquisite more detailed study work which he published as a Lithograph in 1910 due to it's superior detail. PRESERVATION The importance of preserving these painting studies lay heavily on Vollard as they were typically drawn on extremely thin paper and would in later decades become extremely difficult to display. Severel Maternite studies on paper were mounted onto canvas to prevent deterioration.During the periods of 1883 to 1887 Renoir produced many very large studies on paper which today show great wear and deterioration and are particularly hard to preserve. The pourus nature of the chalks,sanguines, pastels & charcoals etc that Renoir used made them susceptible to wear / loss, while the paper itself being so thin, typically makes them difficult for Museum curators to display effectively. By producing these wonderful Lithographs both Museums, National Libraries and collectors around the world were able to acquire a detailed image of Renoirs finest works with the advantage of being able to display them without fear of damage or deterioration. 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