À la Bodiniére
Medium
Lithograph in black, olive, orange and blue on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image; incl. stray marks: 58.5 × 79.4 cm (23 1/16 × 31 5/16 in.); Sheet: 60.4 × 82 cm (23 13/16 × 32 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
16858
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...