Little Red Riding Hood Le Petit Chaperon rouge

by Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling, Alberto Cavalvanti, starring screenwriter

$475 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1930. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1930 French film, one showing actress Catherine Hessling, the other showing actor Jean Renoir and Hessling together. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos.Catherine Hessling's beauty drew her to the attention of Henri Matisse, who sent her to model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A romance developed between the fledgling model and Renoir's second son, Jean, and the couple were married

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