The Laundresses, 1899

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 80

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 83.2 x 68.2 cm (32 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.)

framed: 101.3 x 85.1 x 10.1 cm (39 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 4 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1954.4.4

Artists / Makers

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (artist) Swiss, 1859 - 1923

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: Steinlen; on reverse: 1899

Provenance

(S.G. [Sacha Guitry or Gentry] sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 April 1929, no. 127); (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York); purchased 1929 through (Bignou) by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] gift 1954 to NGA.

[1]See copies of Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Dale, Chester
Drouot, Hôtel

Exhibition History

1931: Degas and his Tradition, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 23

1939: Views of Paris, M. Knoedler and Company, New York, 1939, no. 39.

1945: French Paintings of the Twentieth Century, Buffalo, Cincinnati, St.Louis, 1945, no. 69, repro.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1953: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 92, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 124.

1965: Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 83, repro.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 111, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 332, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 381, repro.