Carte Maquette (Fold Out Model Card) of "La Maison Fournaise où Renoir Peignit 'Le Déjeuner des Canotiers'"* from "Les Painters Impressionistes" series. Item no. A05. ©️1991 Editions Mirontaine, Bordeaux, France. Printed in Greece. Depicted in the lively, painterly style of Renoir and includes individuals engaged in light-hearted activities of everyday life, taken from his paintings. Tab-and-slot construction; no scissors or glue required. One side of model left blank for writing a message. Comes with 5 1/8" x 9" unlined white envelope. Still sealed in clear plastic packaging with original price sticker on back.
One of five Carte Maquettes produced in the 1990s by Ed. Mirontaine featuring houses or buildings associated with famous French Impressionist artists - Cézanne (A01), Van Gogh (A02, two available), Sisley (A03), Bonnard (A04), Renoir (A05) - that are being listed separately. All five were purchased at the same time in the 1990s and have been stored with other stationery items for the past 20+ years.
From a smoke-free home.
*Renoir painted around 30 works at Maison Fournaise, a restaurant and open-air dance hall at Chatou on the Île-de-Impressionistes on the Seine west of Paris. His masterpiece, Luncheon of the Boating Party / Le Bal des Canters (1881) is set under the red-striped awning on the establishment's balcony.