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The Return from the Laundry

A work made of aquatint, soft ground and etching from a zinc plate in 4 colors (gray, brown, black and orange) on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of aquatint, soft ground and etching from a zinc plate in 4 colors (gray, brown, black and orange) on ivory laid paper.

Date:

February 1912

Artist:

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

Title

The Return from the Laundry

Place

France (Object made in)

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1912

Medium

Aquatint, soft ground and etching from a zinc plate in 4 colors (gray, brown, black and orange) on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 40 × 38 cm (15 3/4 × 15 in.); Sheet: 59.7 × 43.9 cm (23 9/16 × 17 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Estate of Peter Deitsch

Reference Number

1971.378

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