Description
A woman in a black-and-white striped gown leans forward at the front of a theatre box, a strand of pearls looped several times around her throat and a spray of pink flowers pinned at her waist. A pink rose sits in her upswept hair, and she looks out past the viewer rather than at the stage. Behind her, a man in evening dress raises opera glasses to his eyes, angling away to survey the rest of the audience.
Painted in 1874 and now at the Courtauld Gallery, the canvas measures roughly 80 x 63.5 cm and was one of Renoir’s submissions to the first Impressionist exhibition. The bold black stripes of her dress, set against the soft pinks of her skin and the flowers, give the picture an unusually graphic punch for Renoir, more tailored and precise than his garden and dance scenes.
Printed as a museum-quality giclée on canvas or fine-art paper, the crisp black stripes and glowing pearls hold their sharpness at any size. Choose from multiple dimensions to fit the space where you plan to hang it.



