Description
A fashionable young woman descends a wrought-iron spiral staircase, one gloved hand resting on the dark scrolling railing and the other raising a bright, patterned fan beside her face. Her auburn hair is swept up, and she looks out over her shoulder with a faint, confident smile, pausing mid-step as if caught by a passing glance.
Renoir dresses her in a striking blue and white ensemble, a fitted white bodice with a fringed dark blue scarf knotted at the throat, and a blue jacket with fitted sleeves, all rendered in soft, feathered strokes that blur into the pale stairwell wall behind her. The looping black ironwork of the staircase cuts a bold graphic curve through the composition, while the fan’s small bursts of red, yellow and green provide the single vivid accent in an otherwise cool, elegant palette.
This striking full-length portrait of movement and style makes a dramatic statement piece for any wall. This Woman on a Staircase composition is offered as a museum-quality canvas print, made to order in a range of sizes and shipped worldwide.
