Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, France, 1841–1919, Cagnes–sur–Mer, France). Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé), ca. 1898. Lithograph on laid paper, 23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (60 x 48.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 41.1090 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.1090_transp1469.jpg)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, France, 1841–1919, Cagnes–sur–Mer, France). Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé), ca. 1898. Lithograph on laid paper, 23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (60 x 48.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 41.1090 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.1090_bw.jpg)
Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
European Art
By the 1890s lithography was becoming reaccepted, and even celebrated, as an important medium for original artistic expression. Many artists in France began experimenting with the technique, often in collaboration with the Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard. He commissioned this elaborate color print from Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who worked closely on its creation with the master lithographic printer Auguste Clot. First, Renoir drew his image on paper. That drawing was transferred to the printing stone, on which Renoir could make additions or adjustments using lithographic ink. Next, a black-and-white impression was pulled, and Renoir colored this impression directly with pastel. Clot then used this image as a guide to prepare the multiple color stones for the final lithograph, which retains the loose marks and powdery texture of Renoir’s direct pastel marks.
Pinning the Hat, which exemplifies the fashionable, leisure-class themes found in many of Renoir’s paintings, depicts Julie Morisot, the daughter of his friend Berthe Morisot.
Pinning the Hat, which exemplifies the fashionable, leisure-class themes found in many of Renoir’s paintings, depicts Julie Morisot, the daughter of his friend Berthe Morisot.
MEDIUM
Lithograph on laid paper
DATES
ca. 1898
DIMENSIONS
23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (60 x 48.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Watermarks: "MBM"
SIGNATURE
Signed, "Renoir" on the stone
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
41.1090
CREDIT LINE
Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, France, 1841–1919, Cagnes–sur–Mer, France). Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé), ca. 1898. Lithograph on laid paper, 23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (60 x 48.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 41.1090 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.1090_transp1469.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 200
IMAGE
overall, 41.1090_transp1469.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RIGHTS STATEMENT
No known copyright restrictions
This work may be in the public domain in the United States. Works created by United States and non-United States nationals published prior to 1923 are in the public domain, subject to the terms of any applicable treaty or agreement.
You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this work. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply).
The Museum does not warrant that the use of this work will not infringe on the rights of third parties, such as artists or artists' heirs holding the rights to the work. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act.
The Brooklyn Museum makes no representations or warranties with respect to the application or terms of any international agreement governing copyright protection in the United States for works created by foreign nationals.
For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch.
For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright.
If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
