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Benjamin, Roger, 1957-

Renoir and Algeria / Roger Benjamin, with an essay by David Prochaska. - New Haven : Williamstown, Mass. : Yale University Press, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2003. - xi, 163 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 16-May 11, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158) and index.

Introduction : the Impressionist as Orientalist -- Odalisques and homages : Renoir's studio Orientalism, 1870-75 -- Renoir in Algiers : the landscape paintings -- From the studio to the street : Renoir's Algiers figure paintings -- Afterimages : Algerian echoes in Renoir's late work -- The other Algeria : beyond Renoir's Algiers / David Prochaska -- Appendix : Renoir's letters concerning Algeria.

ISBN: 0300097859

Subjects--Personal Names:
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919.--Exhibitions.
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919.--Travel--Algeria--Exhibitions.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orientalism in art--Exhibitions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Algeria--Exhibitions. --In art

LC Class. No.: ND553.R45 A4 2003