Study of a Nude Woman, Seated (Étude de femme nue, assise) 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 delicate lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that renders a seated nude as an intimate study of form, light, and soft, painterly tone.
Smoky, blurred contours and subtle gray gradations make the figure seem to emerge from a wash of shadow, emphasizing rounded volume and a quiet, reflective mood.
Executed late in Renoir’s career and published posthumously, the sheet shows how an Impressionist painter translated his concern for luminous flesh and spontaneous handling into lithography, helping to revive painterly approaches to printmaking in the early twentieth century.
Medium
One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 x 6 7/16" (19.2 x 16.3 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 25 cm)
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Credit
The Louis E. Stern Collection
Accession
1032.1964.6
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