The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Untitled
1879
(French, 1854–1913)
publisher
Platemark: 28.8 x 22.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31 x 23.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Gift of Bernard Derroitte 2022.430
Catalogue raisonné: Fonds Français 1
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Gaston de LaTouche completely changed the subjects and style of his work around 1890 and destroyed much of his early work.Description
Although his work changed throughout his career, early on Gaston de Latouche belonged loosely to the Impressionist circle through his association with Édouard Manet. Latouche explored subjects—such as that seen here—taken from the lives of working-class Parisians. This print represents a scene from naturalist author Émile Zola’s novel L’Assommoir, which detailed the rise and fall of a laundress named Gervaise. Latouche is said to have collaborated with the author on the imagery and exhibited the entire series at the public Paris Salon in 1879.- ?-2022(Bernard Derroitte, Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL), given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHDecember 5, 2022-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. 193, no. 81
- Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2023-January 14, 2024).
- {{cite web|title=Untitled|url=false|author=Gaston de Latouche, Cadart|year=1879|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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