In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Renoir often painted this motif of a draped nude seated in a colorful interior. Though he would vary the staging of fabrics and objects, these decorative elements were meant to harmonize with the figure in both color and form. The bound red curls of the sitter's coiffure mimic the shape of the flower buds on a nearby straw hat as well as the color of the red-orange rug and cushion below. The direction of brushstrokes on the vivid wall hangings echoes the ridges of her back.
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Auguste Renoir — Nude
Auguste Renoir — Bather Arranging Her Hair
Auguste Renoir — Young Girl Bathing
André Derain — Nude
Edgar Degas — Woman Drying Her Arm
Pierre Bonnard — Nude, Red Chair
William Glackens — Sleeping Girl
Edvard Munch — Nude Girl on a Red Cloth
Jules Pascin — Nude Seated on a Chair
Edvard Munch — After the Bath
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — Bathers Playing 
Edgar Degas — Woman Combing Her Hair
