Although he exhibited with the Fauves in 1905 and was part of their circle, Louis Valtat’s use of color in his paintings was never as brazen as that of Matisse, Derain, or Vlaminck of the same period. However, he was very experimental in his woodcuts, and was the only member of the group to use color in his prints. Valtat’s print series Women may have been influenced by his friendship with Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1914), who also loved to depict the female nude throughout his long career. As seen in this group of four prints, Valtat created an erotic, fantastical world full of women in motion. A wide-ranging palette of color makes them rare among Fauvist woodcuts.