Woman by the Grapevine, Third Variant (Femme au cep de vigne, 3e variante) from Twelve Original Lithographs by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Douze lithographies originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, 1841–1919
c. 1904, published 1919
A loose, late-period lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that sketches two women beside a grapevine in quick, sensuous strokes, aiming to translate the warmth and tactility of his painting into print.
The eye is drawn to a small, central cluster of fluid black marks on a wide, quiet sheet of paper where a few confident sweeps conjure two figures and a curling vine, the economy of line feeling intimate and improvisational.
Produced during Renoir’s return to printmaking, this work distills Impressionist concerns—gesture, surface, and the human body—into lithography and helped renew interest in the medium as a means for modern expression.
Medium
One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 6 1/2 x 4 1/8" (16.5 x 10.4 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 25 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The Louis E. Stern Collection
Accession
1032.1964.11
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