Song of the Poor Old Men
published November 3, 1893
Medium
Photorelief print in red and black with letterpress music/lyrics on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 33.4 × 23 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: H.: 41.6 cm (16 7/16 in.)
Classification
photorelief
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49854
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...