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Interior of a Butcher Shop

c. 1881

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
Support
Two sheets of laid paper (joined) laid down on beige(1) wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Muriel S. Butkin 1978.131
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The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."
A vertically oriented charcoal and black chalk drawing depicts two women with light skin tones in a butcher shop. Both wear white caps. On the left, one woman carrying a basket enters through an open doorway. On the right, the other stands behind a wooden counter, reaching toward a hanging scale. Meat carcasses hang from the background wall. Bright light from a large window illuminates the dark, sepia-toned interior.

Interior of a Butcher Shop

c. 1881

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)
France, 19th century

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