
Reclining Nude
1906
Printed in warm sanguine ink on delicate Japanese paper, this etching embodies the classical sensuality that characterized Renoir's late work despite his physical limitations.
- Medium
- Etching in red-brown (sanguine) on cream Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Edgar Degas
French · b. 1834

Degas created intimate figure studies of the nude female form using printmaking techniques including etching and monotype, sharing Renoir's focus on sensual classical figuration rendered with delicate linework on fine papers.

Camille Pissarro
French · b. 1830

Pissarro was a prolific printmaker who produced etchings on fine Japanese paper during the same Impressionist era, demonstrating comparable warmth of line and intimacy of scale in his works on paper.

Mary Cassatt
American · b. 1844

Cassatt produced celebrated etchings and drypoints printed on delicate Japanese paper, sharing Renoir's sensibility for intimate figurative subjects rendered with soft warm tones and refined printmaking technique.
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