Description
A young girl tilts her head to one side, gazing off to the left with parted lips, her bare arms crossed and raised so that her hands rest near her tousled blonde hair as if caught mid-motion while arranging it. The pose is close and informal, cropped tightly around head and shoulders so nothing distracts from her face.
Renoir sets her pale, luminous skin and rosy cheeks against a deep, almost black-blue background, letting the loose golden strands of hair pick up warm ochre and amber tones that echo across her bare arms. The brushwork on the hair is quick and broken, in contrast to the smoother, more carefully blended modeling of the face, a favorite contrast in his portraits of young women.
This close, luminous head study makes a striking small-format piece for a bedroom or reading corner. This Tête de jeune fille se coiffant composition is offered as a museum-quality canvas print, made to order in a range of sizes and shipped worldwide.



