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Washerwomen Descending a Quai Staircase
1888
(French, 1863–1916)
after Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808–1879)
Image: 57.1 x 41.8 cm (22 1/2 x 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 64.7 x 49 cm (25 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: André p. 214
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
An impression of this print was selected for display at the prestigious annual exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français in 1888.Description
Alexandre Lunois worked extensively in lithography, a relatively recent invention during his time that was rarely used by artists, making both reproductive and original works. This print reinterprets Honoré Daumier’s Washerwomen of the Quai d’Anjou, an 1850 canvas depicting laundresses carrying heavy bundles on a staircase adjacent to Paris’s Seine River. Although Lunois worked closely from Daumier’s painting, he reinterpreted some details, such as the shadows on the woman’s face, emphasizing the strenuousness of her labor.- ?-2021(Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints, Quebec, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2021-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Béraldi, Henri. Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle. Paris: L. Conquet, 1885. Mentioned vol. 11, p. 196, no. 10André, Edouard. Alexandre Lunois, peintre, graveur et lithographe. Paris: H. Floury, 1914. Mentioned: p. 198, 214Salsbury, Britany. Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Preproduced: p. 123, no. 16
- Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2023-January 14, 2024).
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