At Trouville
published August 28, 1892
Medium
Photorelief print in red and black with letterpress music/lyrics on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image, incl. letterpress: 33.5 × 23 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42.2 × 31.1 cm (16 5/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
photorelief
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49845
About the Artist
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1859–1923
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, grew up in an environment steeped in artistic influence, with his grandfather serving as a drawing teacher in nearby Vevey. He studied literature at the University of Lausanne before working as a designer trainee in a Mulhouse textile mill. In his early twenties, around 1881, Steinlen married Émilie Mey, and the cou...