Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Richard Guino: Mother and Child (M鑢e et enfant); Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Richard Guino; 1916; cast posthumously in 1927; Bronze; Renoir created this sculpture in 1916 to commemorate his wife; Aline Charigot Renoir; who had died the year before. The piece is based on a painting Renoir made decades in earlier; in 1886; showing Aline nursing the couple's first son. Because Renoir suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and had limited use of his hands; sculpture was an especially difficult medium for him. He enlisted the help of a young sculptor named Richard Guino; who worked with Renoir to create the piece you see here.; Overall: 21 x 10 1/2 x 12 in. (53.3 x 26.7 x 30.5 cm)