Lot #1555: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR - Baigneuse debout, a Mi-Jambes - Original etching

 

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919).
Title: "Baigneuse debout, a Mi-Jambes".
Medium: Original etching.
Date: Composed c1906. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 13/16 x 11 3/8 in. (376 x 289 mm). Image size: 6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (171 x 110 mm).
Lot Note(s): Cream wove paper. Full margins. Very good impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Delteil 23; Stella 23. Comment(s): During the second half of the nineteenth century, France was experiencing a printmaking renaissance. Despite this artistic trend, Impressionists were not quick to adopt the medium as they were accustomed to painting in plein air. However, Renoir learned the medium, creating his first etching in 1890 and his first lithograph two years later. During this time, Renoir was 49 and already an established painter. Yet, he executed a total of 59 prints in his lifetime, producing almost equal amounts of lithographs and etchings. Impressively, he was able to develop his own style of etching independent of his development as a painter [courtesy Masterworks Fine Art]. [2646-3-300]