Antique Renoir Etching “Le Chapeau Épinglé”1894 Signed - 3rd Plate, 2nd State

Antique Renoir Etching “Le Chapeau Épinglé”1894 Signed - 3rd Plate, 2nd State

Here we have Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s etching Le Chapeau Épinglé (The Hat Secured with a Pin)—the small plate showing two young women adjusting a flowered hat. This is the third plate (troisième planche), state II (final), plate-signed “Renoir” at lower left.

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Title: Le Chapeau Épinglé (third plate)
Date of plate: 1894 (this impression undetermined; not examined out of frame)
Medium: Etching with drypoint on paper
Signature: In-plate “Renoir”
Plate/image (sight) Approx. 3 3/8" × 4 3/4" (≈ 86 × 114 mm), consistent with D.8 small plate
Frame: 12 1/8" × 14 1/8" × 3/4"; carved & gilt wood with black panels and linen liner; back stamped “HAND CARVED MEXICO 457.” Ready to hang.

*Condition*
Overall even toning; light mat burn at the window. Overall good condition.

Notes / identification:
Renoir produced several prints of this subject in 1894. The third plate, D.8, is the small format most often encountered and is recorded in two states; almost all market impressions (including this one based on the dense reworked background) are state II (final). Subjects are traditionally identified as Julie Manet and Paulette Gobillard.