Lovers on a Bench
April 1902
Medium
Soft ground etching, aquatint and etching in warm black on ivory laid paper. Red ink (?) rubbed on paper, u.l. margin
Dimensions
Image: 35.2 × 50.5 cm (13 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.); Plate: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.); Sheet: 47.1 × 61.8 cm (18 9/16 × 24 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51701
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...