Description: This is a Pierre-Auguste Renoir Hand Colored etching titled "Le Femme au Mirroir ". Please note that I am selling this piece at a half price discount since it bears some slight cracks on the image. Please see pictures for details. Pulled from the original master copper plate in Paris Published December 1919. From the Ambroise Vollard Estate Collection. This fine art multiple was printed by hand in Paris, France on arches paper. Has a embossed stamp from the Vollard Estate. Paper Measures 18" x 12.5". Vibrant color image measures 9.5" x 7.5". In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a signed certificate of authenticity from the Vollard Estate. THIS IS THE BEST PRICE YOU WILL FIND ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THE SAME PIECE! FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. (Buyers outside the U.S. please add $34.95 for priority mail shipping). Please take a look at the large selection of fine art pieces for sale in our eBay store. In 1894 Renoir met Ambroise Vollard who played an important part in the production of Renoir's lithographs and etchings. Renoir preferred lithography to engraving on copper, and Vollard encouraged him to keep creating original graphic works. In 1919, Ambroise Vollard published a book on the life and work of Renoir. "La Vie et" Oeuvre de Pierre Auguste Renoir. At the turn of the century Vollard was the most renowned art dealer of his time. He discovered such artists as Cézanne, Matisse, and Vlaminck just to name a few. The book was printed at a limited edition of 1000; Copper Plates used for the book's engravings were left forgotten in the basement of a country house just outside Paris, France. After WWII, only six copies of the book remained in existence from the original 1000, which copies are now priceless. In 1986, long after the death of Vollard and Renoir, Vollard's heirs discovered the copper plates and the result has now been made available. However, most of these etchings were never printed or published until now. In 1919, "La Vie et l'Oeuvre de Pierre Auguste Renoir" (for which the Renoir copper plates were created and engravings originated) was not only and extraordinarily beautiful edition filled with more than fifty etchings from paintings and drawings of Renoir's art work, but the text, in its content is an amazing treasure in itself. In essence, the book is a one on one intimate interview between Renoir's and Vollard, (270 pages long), which interview took place around 1918. The historical value of Renoir's testimony is unequaled. The text covers a wide range of subjects: details of his personal life, his humble beginnings as a porcelain painter at age fourteen, his struggle as an artist, his views on his subjects, his piers, anecdotes on his paintings, ect. Renoir in his own words, "the man, the artist, it is a new found treasure for the world.
Price: 129.99 USD
Location: Sherman Oaks, California
End Time: 2025-01-12T22:12:36.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Features: Unframed
Width (Inches): 12.5
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Figures & Portraits
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Material: Etching
Height (Inches): 18
Print Surface: Paper
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Style: Impressionism
Color: Multi-Color
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Type: Print
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
