Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Reclining Nude (Femme nue couch閑); Pierre-Auguste Renoir; c. 1910; Oil on canvas; Renoir painted the nude figure obsessively; especially during the later decades of his career when he had turned away from impressionism. Here; as in so many of his canvases; Renoir idealizes the figure; depicting gently curving contours and unblemished skin. Her body is turned toward the viewer so as to supply uninterrupted visual pleasure. Cradled by the landscape; she comes across not so much as a real person but as a fantasy of woman and nature in perfect harmony.; Overall: 26 1/2 x 61 1/4 in. (67.3 x 155.6 cm)