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From Bas-Meudon, Old Lavoir

1902

Henri Rivière

(French, 1864–1951)
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Printed by Verneau

France, early 20th century
color lithograph
Support: 33 x 38.1 cm (13 x 15 in.); Image: 17.1 x 21.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 22.4 x 26.8 cm (8 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Gift of John Bonebrake 2003.394
Catalogue raisonné: Fields p. 78, plate 29
Location: Not on view

Description

A close friend of Edgar Degas’s and a prolific printmaker, Henri Rivière set out to fully represent the Paris of his day through a series of 36 widely varying perspectives. Each image was united by the presence of the distinctive Eiffel Tower. The city’s laundry industry features throughout the prints, which centers on a weathered wash boat in Bas-Meudon, an industrial suburb both physically and mentally removed from Paris, barely visible in the distance.
  • (Thomas French Fine Art, Akron, OH)
    John Bonebrake [1918–2011], Cleveland, OH
    ?–2004
    Estate of John Bonebrake, Cleveland, OH, by bequest to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    March 1, 2004–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Salsbury, Britany. Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Reproduced: p. 135, no. 28
  • Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2023-January 14, 2024).
    A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012).
  • {{cite web|title=From Bas-Meudon, Old Lavoir|url=false|author=Henri Rivière, Printed by Verneau|year=1902|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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