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Lot 135:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Le Chapeau Épingle, 1894, Etching, Third State
Description
Original etching on laid paper depicting Julie Manet with her cousin adjusting a flowered hat. Signed in the plate lower left. Third and final state (III/III), published by Ambroise Vollard.
Details
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Title: Le Chapeau Épinglé (La Fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine)
Date: 1894
Medium: Etching on laid (vergé) paper
Signature: Signed in plate, lower left
State: Third state (III/III)
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil 8
Publisher: Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Plate: 8.5 × 12 cm, Sheet: 19.3 × 24.6 cm
Plate mark: Visible
Margins: Full margins
Condition: Strong impression; condition consistent with age with crisp linework.
Catalogue Note Executed in 1894, Le Chapeau Épinglé is among Renoir’s most refined prints and part of the important group issued by Ambroise Vollard. The composition depicts Julie Manet, daughter of Berthe Morisot, with her cousin, reflecting Renoir’s intimate Impressionist circle. The third state represents the fully resolved composition, with strengthened cross-hatching and richer tonal modeling.
Condition report:
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