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Returning from the Laundry

1912

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

(Swiss, 1859–1923)
publisher

Edmond D. Sagot

Culture
Switzerland
Medium
color softground zinc etching and aquatint
Support
Arches wove paper
Measurements
Image: 39.9 x 44.2 cm (15 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 58.8 x 44.2 cm (23 1/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.736
Catalogue raisonné
Crauzat 41
State
III/III
Edition
edition of 50
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

An avowed socialist, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen made the inhabitants of Montmartre, the working-class Paris neighborhood where he lived, the subject of his prints. Here, three women lean with exhaustion while attempting to balance wrapped bundles of laundry that they have just washed. Their disengaged and unfocused expressions suggest both the physical and mental toll of their difficult labor and long hours. Given the affordability of Montmartre, laundresses were common there and often lived alongside artists such as Steinlen.

Returning from the Laundry

1912

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Edmond D. Sagot

(Swiss, 1859–1923)
Switzerland

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