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La Coiffure
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1888
Pola Museum of Art
Sengokuhara, Japan
About this painting
Painted in 1888, this intimate scene shows a woman arranging a companion's hair with a flower, its curving lines and S-shaped pose reflecting Renoir's classicizing 'Ingres period.' The composition later influenced Matisse's own 1907 Coiffure.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
57.3 × 81.4 cm (22.6 × 32 in)
Painted at
Essoyes, France
Current location
Pola Museum of Art, Sengokuhara
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