PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR FRANCE 1892-1924 ORIGINAL ETCHING, PORTRAIT OF BERTHE MORISOT
AN ETCHING FROM PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919).
AN ETCHING ON CREME WOVE PAPER, MADE IN FRANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING OF BERTHE MORISOT REALIZED BY RENOIR BETWEEN THE 1887 AND 1897.
AN ORIGINAL (Stella 4) DRY POINT IMPRESSION SIGNED IN THE PLATE, AT THE LOWER LEFT PART. THIS WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY THEODORE DURET'S FOR THE RENOIR DRAWINGS IN 1924. WAS THE ONLY ORIGINAL ETCHING OF THIS WORK.
BERTHE MORISOT WAS A CONTEMPORARY AND FRIEND OF AUGUSTE RENOIR AND A SUCCESSFUL IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER IN HER OWN RIGHT. SHE AND HER SISTER EDMA STUDIED UNDER CAMILLE COROT.
THIS PIECE HAVE A MEASURE INCLUDING ALL THE MARGINS OF 282 mm (11.4 Inches) BY 203 mm (8.10 Inches). THE IMAGE HAVE A MEASURES OF 112.5 mm BY 88 mm (4.5 BY 3.5 Inches).
BIBLIOGRAPHY: IN THE RENOIR CATALOGUES RAISONNE AS DELTEIL 4 AND STELLA 4
PROVENANCE: 1/GARRETT GALLERIES, Dallas TX.1998. 2/ENCINITAS, CA Estate Sale, 2013; 3/KAMINSKI AUCTIONS, Beverly MA. May 10 2014.
NOTES: MOUNTED IN A CUSTOM MADE GILDED FRAME WITH MUSEUM UV GLASS.
INVENTORY REF: D0000RENK/.1111
