Year1904

Plate SignedSigned in Stone By the Artist 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassFrame With UV Protected Plexiglas 

Purchased fromDealer 2002 

Story / Additional InfoPrinted at the studio of Clot, Paris c.1905. First offered for sale by Vollard in 1919 in the series: Douze Lithographies Originales (referred as the Vollard Suite). The lithographs in this series were drawn on stone by Renoir in 1904 – 1905, and the editions were printed at this time. However, none of the prints were issued by Vollard until 1919. The stones were cancelled after the edition. Vollard tells an amusing story about Renoir and the lithographs in this series. Renoir was apparently very busy and Vollard was so anxious to get him to complete the prints that he used to actually follow Renoir around the town carrying a heavy litho stone ready for him to work on. By the first decade of this century Renoir was increasingly using the theme of the nude as a vehicle for the description of light and shade rather than as a linear or sculptural form. Thus his handling, in his brush drawings in particular, became loose and free so that the form of the figure blends and merges with the background shadows.
A Partial Listing of Public Collections: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum; Boston Public Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Grunwald; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York; New York Public Library; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID134710