Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Richard Wagner Lithograph, circa 1900, on wove paper, from the edition of 100, printed by A. Clot, published by A. Vollard, Paris Subject: 43 x 32 cm Provenance: D. David-Weill, Paris; P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1974 Literature: Delteil 33; Stella 33; Johnson 114 Renoir was an early admirer of Wagner in France. In 1882 he visited Wagner in Palermo and persuaded him over a few drinks to sit for a portrait. He returned to the subject towards 1900 to make this lithographic portrait