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81. Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919))

"Femme Assise".
soft-ground etching (only state), 1906, unsigned, matted.
7-1/4" x 5-3/4" (plate).
10" x 7-1/4"(sheet)

2,500/3,500     

This etching was published in Theodore Duret, L'Histoire des peintres impressionistes, Paris, Floury, 1906, facing p. 106. The impressions were on Holland paper except for a small edition printed in sanguine on Japan paper. This etching was also published in Theodore Duret, Die Impressionisten, Berlin, B. Casirer, 1909.

Literature:
Dr. Joseph G. Stella, The Graphic Work of Renoir. Catalogue Raisonne, Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, n.d., cat. no. 12.

Condition: hinges affixed to four corners of reverse.