Pinning the Hat
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
printer Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936)
publisher Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867–1939)
1898
- Medium
- color lithograph
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Image: 61.5 x 49.5 cm (24 3/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Prints
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Pinning the Hat was a favorite subject for Auguste Renoir, and several versions exist including an 1893 painting and later variations in pastel, etching, and lithography. Renoir's models were Julie Morisot (daughter of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot [1841-1895]) and her cousin. To produce the range of colors in this print, Renoir worked with the master printer Auguste Clot. The artist drew a design on a lithographic stone and then colored a proof impression as guidance for Clot, who then printed each tone separately.
