Blind Man's Bluff
Medium
color lithograph
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer
Accession Number
2016.218
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
This print depicts a group of women enjoying blind man's bluff, a children's game in which one player is blindfolded and spun around before attempting to locate their companions by listening for their voices. The group gathers in a landscaped park, one of numerous sites for public leisure available to Parisians during the late 19th century. Lunois used vivid tones, such as green and yellow, to evoke the brightness of natural light. He relied upon his expertise in color lithography, a medium prev...