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La Balançoire
The Swing
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1876
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
“Renoir shown at the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877; one critic dismissed its dappled sunlight effects as resembling "grease stains," while another called his blue "violent."”
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
92 × 73 cm (36.2 × 28.7 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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