Auguste Renoir was initially trained in the decorative arts and began studying painting in the early 1860s. It was as a student that Renoir met several other painters interested in the plein-air painting and the effects of light. When these Impressionists began to exhibit together a decade later, Renoir suffered some of the most severe criticism aimed at them.
While controversial at first, Renoir had eventually established himself comfortably with the public and was even participating in the official Salons. By 1880, he also began concentrating on painting the female figure.
A trip to Italy in 1881-1882 exposed him to Raphael, and his work for the rest of that decade, with its restrained brushwork and empathetic modeling of subjects, reflected that Italian influence. Renoir reverted to a modified version of his original freely brushed and brightly colored style after 1890.
Spending his last year in the South of France, Renoir came to epitomize the practice of Impressionism simply as a style, long after its sting as a movement had worn off.
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Claude Renoir, la tete baisee 1904
Second state. From 'Douze lithographies originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir' published by Ambroise
Unframed Size: 8""x7"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: 905901
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Femme nue couchee (tournee a droite), 1906
Etching on creme laid paper. A posthumous impression. With wide margins. Stella 14
Unframed Size: 5 x 7'' (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: 907606
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Buste d' enfant, Tourne a droite' S.22
Original Soft-ground Etching in Black Ink
c. 1908
Only State, Very fine rich impression
As published in Théodore Duret, Die Impressionisten
Berlin, B. Cassirer, 1914
Delteil 22, Stella 22
Unframed Size: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1059
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Claude Renoir, tourne a gauche S. 40
Original chalk lithograph in black ink
Delteil 40, Stella 40
1904
Only state. From the edition of 50 on Japan
Signed in the stone lower right
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1066
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La Pierre aux trois croquis S. 41
Original chalk and brush lithograph in black ink
Delteil 41, Stella 41
1904
Only state. From the edition of 50 on Japan paper.
Signed with signature “Renoir†lower left corner in the stone
Excellent impression with strong contrast
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1077
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Sur La Plage
Etching in Black Ink
Delteil 5, Stella 5
, c. 1892
Third State, Restrike
Edition Size Unknown
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1190
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Le chapeau epingle S. 8
Original Etching in Black Ink
Delteil 6, Stella 6
c. 1894
Only State
Signature in plate “Renoir†lower right
As published in Théodore Duret, Die Impressionisten
Berlin, B. Cassirer, 1914
Very fine strong impression with rich burr
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1221
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L'enfant au Biscuit b/w S. 31
Lithograph in black ink
Delteil 31, Stella 31
c. 1898 -99
Printed on Ingres D’Arches laid paper with watermark “MBM (France)â€
From the edition of 100 plus some trial proofs
Rich dark tonal impression
Unframed Size: 12 5/8 x 10 1/2"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1225
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L'enfant au Biscuit 7 color
Lithograph in 7 colors
Delteil 31, Stella 31
c. 1898 -99
Printed on Ingres D’Arches laid paper with watermark “MBM (France)â€
From the edition of 100 plus some trial proofs
Full Margins
Unframed Size: 12 1/2 x 10 5/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1226
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Femme Nue Assise
Soft-ground Etching
Delteil 12, Stella 12
c. 1906
Only State
As published in Théodore Duret, Die Impressionisten
Berlin, B. Casirer 1909
Strong rich impression on Holland paper
Unframed Size: 7 3/8 x 5 5/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1320
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Femme Nue Couchee, Tourne a droite
Original soft ground etching in brownish-black ink
Delteil 14, Stella 14
1909
Only state as published in Die Impressionisten, Duret, Berlin, B. Cassirer
Fine strong and fresh impression on pale cream laid hollande paper
Unframed Size: 1/2 x 7 7/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1321
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Claude Renoir, la tete baisee
Original chalk and brush lithograph in black ink
Delteil 39, Stella 39
1904
Only state. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
From L’Album des Douze Lithographies Originales
Signed in the stone lower right
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1456
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Etude de Femme nue, assise Variante
Original chalk lithograph in black ink
Delteil 43, Stella 43
1904
Second state. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
Signed with signature “Renoir†lower right corner in the stone
Excellent impression with strong tone
Unframed Size: 6 3/8 x 6 1/3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1460
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Femme au cep de vigne
Original lithograph in black ink
Delteil 44, Stella 44
1904 - 1905
Second state. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
Signed in the stone lower left
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size: 6 7/8 x 5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1461
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Femme nue couchee, tourne a gauche
Etching printed on laid paper
Delteil 15, Stella 15
c. 1906
Second State
Signature in plate “Renoir†lower right
As published in Théodore Duret, Die Impressionisten
Berlin, B. Cassirer, 1909
Strong tonal impression
Unframed Size: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1477
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Maternite, grand plache
Lithograph (black and grey)
Delteil 50, Stella 50
1912
First State. From the edition of some 200 impressions.
Signature on the stone “Renoir†lower right
Very fine tonal impression on laid paper
Unframed Size: 21 1/4 x 19"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1543
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Dance in the Country
Soft-ground Etching in black ink
Delteil 2, Stella 2
c. 1890
Only State on smooth wove paper
Signed in the stone “Renoir†lower right corner
Fine strong and tonal impression with full margins
Unframed Size: 8 5/8" x 5 1/3 "
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1551
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Baigneuse debout, en pied
Lithograph in colors; yellow blue pink red and black
Delteil 28, Stella 28
c. 1896
Printed on Ingres Arches laid paper
Annotated “tire à cent exemplaires No. 12â€
Signed “R†lower right of composition on the stone
From the edition of 100, Full Margins
Delicate crisp impression
Unframed Size: 16 X 13"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1560
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Mere et enfant
Drypoint in color
Delteil 10, Stella 10
1896
Proof aside from the numbered edition of 100 impressions
Published in “L’Album des peintres-graveurs; Ambroise Vollard
Signature on the stone “Renoirâ€
Very fine impression on laid paper
Unframed Size: 10 X 7 3/4"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1561
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Femme au cep de vigne. Var. 1
Original lithograph in black ink
Delteil 45, Stella 45
1904 - 1905
Second state. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
Signed in the stone lower left
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1575
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Femme au cep de vigne, Var. 2
Original lithograph in black ink
Delteil 46, Stella 46
1904 - 1905
Second state. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
Signed in the stone lower left
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size: 4 1/2 x 3 1/3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1576
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Femme au cep de vigne, Var. 4
Original lithograph in black ink
Delteil 48, Stella 48
1904 - 1905
Only State. From the edition of 950 on vellum paper.
Signed in the stone lower left
Fine strong impression with rich tone
Unframed Size: 5 1/4x 4"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: R 1578
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