Women and Child at the Edge of the Water
1904
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 19.3 × 22.8 cm (7 5/8 × 9 in.); Sheet: 47.1 × 37 cm (18 9/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3428
Art Historical Context
Suzanne Valadon's *Women and Child at the of the Water* (1904) is a poignant etching on ivory wove paper, capturing tender moment between figures poised at the water's edge. Measuring 19.3 × 22.8 cm for the image and plate, with a larger 47.1 × 37 cm sheet, this intimate print exemplifies Valadon's skill in the Prints and Drawings collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. As one of the few prominent female artists in early 20th-century France Valadon—formerly a model for Impressionists like Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec—brought a bold realism to her work, influenced by Post-Impressionism. Her...