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Pierre-Auguste RenoirLa Pierre au Trois Croquis (The Stone with Three Sketches), 19041904
1904
About the Item
A warm and loving depiction of a group of three women, the delicate soft appearance of these portraits evokes a sense of the romanticism and sensitivity put forth by Renoir in this piece. The watercolor wash effect creates a fluid layering of tones, giving depth and richness to the image.
Three women are arranged with one portrait encompassing the majority of the left side, and two busts in the upper right. The woman at the left grabs the viewer, with the deep rich dark tones of her hair and intent shading within her face. Given a soft expression, she looks below to what we cannot see adding intrigue and a mysterious air to the work. The two smaller figures recede back into space, each with their heads tilted in the same direction, as though all three are examining the same thing out of our sight. With a romantic air, created through the use of layering washes of tones, the loose quality of the imagery gives a sense of freshness and immediacy of Renoir's impression of the figures. The artist's technical skill and mastery is evident in this work, expressing his strong sense of form and aesthetic beauty.
Created in c.1904, this piece was printed on vellum paper from the second state of two (from the total edition of 1000, 1-50 on Japan, 51-1,000 on vellum); included in Ambroise Vollard's L'album des douze lithographies originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1919). Printed by Auguste Clot, Paris, this work is signed in the stone in the lower left. All of the stones were de-faced after the publication, as documented by Joseph Stella.
Catalogue Raisonné:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).
1. Johnson, U. E. (1977). Ambroise Vollard, Editeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes. The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Listed as catalogue raisonné no. 151 on pgs. 129-30.
2. Stella, J. G. The Graphic Work of Renoir - Catalogue Raisonné. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 41.
3. Delteil, L. (1999). Pierre-Auguste Renoir: L'œuvre grave et lithographié - Catalogue Raisonné. Hyman, A. (Ed.). Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: San Francisco. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 41 on pg. 88-9.
4. Roger-Marx, Claude. Les Lithographies de Renoir, Monte-Carlo. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 16 on pgs. 56-7.
About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complimentary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
- Creator:Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919, French)
- Creation Year:1904
- Dimensions:Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Palo Alto, CA
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
An early 20th-century master, Pierre-Auguste Renoir created thousands of figurative prints and paintings and is credited as one of the founders of the Impressionist movement. His frequently reproduced works are appreciated for their luminous appearance, rich colors and soft, feathered brushstrokes.
Renoir was born in Limoges, France, in 1841. He began painting as a child while working in a porcelain factory, which led to a formal study of art in Paris under Charles Gleyre. In the early 1860s, he often visited the Louvre to study French master painters, and he became friends with Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley, both leading Impressionists.
Renoir first exhibited his paintings in 1864, but he did not rise to prominence until his first exhibition with the Impressionists in 1874. In 1877, Renoir stopped exhibiting with the Impressionists and embarked on a series of travels. In 1881, he went to Algeria and Spain, meeting the artists Eugène Delacroix and Diego Velázquez. He continued to Rome, Sicily, Algeria and Guernsey, where he created 15 paintings in one month in the summer of 1883.
In 1890, Renoir married Aline Victorine Charigot, a portrait model and muse for many of his works. They had three sons, and in 1907, Renoir moved his family to the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, near the Mediterranean. By this time, he had developed arthritis in his hands, and he had a stroke in 1912, after which he used a wheelchair. Renoir continued to paint for the rest of his life, even strapping a brush to his paralyzed fingers.
Shortly before his death in 1919, Renoir visited the Louvre to see his paintings now hanging next to the artistic icons that he used to study and admire. He returned to his home village and died in December of that year.
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