La Nuit
published November 17, 1895
Medium
Photorelief print in blue, yellow and black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.2 × 14.2 cm (13 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 30.6 cm (16 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
photorelief
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49863
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...