Woman Reclining, to the Left
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1906
Medium
Etching on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.9 × 19.9 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 19.9 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 19.8 × 26.1 cm (7 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133254
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...