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Creation Date
ca. 1908
Geography
France
Culture
French
Medium
Soft-ground etching
Dimensions
With frame: 18 5/8 × 16 9/16 × 1 1/16 in. (47.3 × 42.1 × 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.80
Provenance
According to Professor Sarah Blick, this print was purchased by her parents in Paris, France in the mid-1950s, when they were there on her father's (Boris Blick's) Fulbright.
Creator Biography
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841–1919 (etcher).
Description
The etching depicts Renoir's grandson, Claude Renoir (1913–1993), in, as "de trois-quarts à droite" translates from French, "three-quarter pose." Renoir layers visible strokes to create loosely rendered features.
It is reported that etcher Victor-Joseph Roux-Champion (1871–1953) first owned the plates for this print before they were acquired by Edmond Sagot (1857–1917) and/or his son-in-law Maurice Le Garrec (1881–1937), print publishers and dealers in Paris. According to conflicting information given to Joseph G. Stella from 1970s Sagot-Le Garrec gallery, several unnumbered impressions were created. In this case, their publisher's mark could potentially be on the back of this print (Delteil, 1999: 34). Details on Sagot-Le Garrec’s stamps can be found in Frits Lugt’s “Les marques de collections de dessins & d’estampes” (Lugt 2253 and 2254).
For more information:
Delteil, Loys. Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Etchings and Lithographs. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1999.
For information on this specific print see section titled "18. Claude Renoir, de trois-quarts a droite," 36–37.
Stella, Joseph G. The Graphic Work of Renoir. Edited by Alan Hyman. Bradford and London: Lund Humphries, n.d.
For information on this specific print, see section titled "18 Claude Renoir, de trois-quarts a droite."