The Pinned Hat, second plate
c. 1898
Medium
Lithograph from one stone in blue-gray on gray chine tipped at corners and margins to mat
Dimensions
Image: 62.2 × 50 cm (24 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.); Sheet: 72 × 60.3 cm (28 3/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81993
About the Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...