Pierre-Auguste Renoir LE CHAPEAU EPINGLE Restrike Etching

This is a Pierre-Auguste Renoir restrike etching titled “LE CHAPEAU EPINGLE” or PINNING THE HAT” (c. 1894).

This portrait of Julie Manet (Berthe Morisot’s daughter and Edouard Manet’s niece) and her cousin was originally published in Gustave Geffroy’s La Vie artistique, 3rd series (Paris, 1894) and in Georges Rivière’s Renoir et ses amis (Paris, 1921).

Signed Renoir in the plate, lower left.  Image measures 4-1/2″ x 3″″. Paper measures 13″ x 10.

This piece is in excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Restrike etchings are a modern-day print of an antique print that are made from the original plate that was used to make the first prints. This is the same etching you see in galleries and cruise auctions for over well $400.