On the Terrace of a Hotel in Bordighera: The Painter Jean Martin Reviews His Bill (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’étiquette”) - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Helen Regenstein Collection

"On the Terrace of a Hotel in Bordighera: The Painter Jean Martin Reviews His Bill (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’étiquette”)" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1881) Black conté crayon over pen and brush and black ink on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream).

Commentary

"On the Terrace of a Hotel in Bordighera: The Painter Jean Martin Reviews His Bill (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’étiquette”)" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1881) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Th emes to notice include pen and ink drawings. This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Pierre Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as pen and ink drawings, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Black conté crayon over pen and brush and black ink on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream)) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (45.2 × 35.4 cm (17 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include pen and ink drawings. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/94131

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data