Femme Nue Couchee (Tourné à Droite)

(After) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919, French) “Femme Nue Couchee (Tourné à Droite)” [Naked Woman Lying (Turned to the Right)] Date of Original is 1906. 2nd plate. Etching on cream color laid paper from a posthumous edition. The 5.5 x 7.5-inch image is surrounded by gold fillet, linen matting, and an elaborate gold tone 23 x 25-inch wood frame with embossed design under glass. A COA from Park West Gallery is on the verso.

A timeless etching exhibiting the beauty of the female figure from one of the founders of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The young woman is lying on an overstuffed couch, head on the right side resting on a large round pillow with her eyes closed. Note the delicate use of line capturing her innocence, grace, and femininity in this Impressionist piece.
Literary References:
1. Delteil, Loys. Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Etchings and Lithographs. Listed and illustrated on pp. 28-9 with reference D. 13.
2. Stella, Joseph G. The Graphic Work of Renoir. Illustrated and listed as cat. no. 13.