Ten Assassinations for a Penny
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
November 1897
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 36.3 × 28.9 cm (14 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet, max: 64.8 × 50.6 cm (25 9/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51708
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...