Brune
published September 1, 1893
Medium
Photorelief print in red and black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.2 × 23.5 cm (13 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 42 × 30.9 cm (16 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
photorelief
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49872
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...