Lost Renoir sketch discovered in vault
A watercolour drawing by Renoir and inscribed by Emile Zola has been discovered by Bonhams in the vault of London diamond merchants I. Hennig & Co. The c.1877 drawing had been lost for almost 20 years and is thought to be one of the few recorded works by Renoir intended for book illustration.
The drawing had once belonged to Mr George Prins, a former owner of I. Hennigs & Co., and had pa…