Description
A young woman with dark, bobbed hair and rosy cheeks tilts her head gently toward one raised arm, her bare shoulders catching a warm, even light. Her expression is soft and slightly downcast, a faint smile on her lips, while her hand rests near her hair against a loose dark garment slipping from her shoulder.
Renoir paints the skin in smooth, warm tones of peach and rose, the face and shoulders rendered with far more finish than the golden, loosely brushed background, which dissolves into streaks of amber and cream. The focus stays entirely on the model’s face and the gentle turn of her head.
Held today at the San Diego Museum of Art, this painting is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or an archival canvas print, made to order in sizes that keep the original’s proportions, close to a 43 x 36 cm ratio, so the composition reads as Renoir intended.



