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HONORE DAUMIER. The Laundress
![HONORE DAUMIER. The Laundress. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 13 in. (48.9 x 33 cm). Date: 186[3?].
This painting depicts a subject visible from Daumier's studio on the quai d'Anjou in Paris: laundresses returning from laundry boats moored on the Seine. Despite the weight of her bulky load, the woman tenderly extends her hand to help a child up the steps of the embankment. With her sturdy form silhouetted against a bright background, the humble worker acquires a certain monumentality. This picture is the largest and possibly the last of three painted versions of the composition; Daumier's pigments have deteriorated, obscuring the last digit of the date inscribed at the lower left, but in 1893 it was recorded as 1863.](/photos/prev/MjM2ZDYwMA/album_alb3628218.webp)
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The Laundress
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The Laundress. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 13 in. (48.9 x 33 cm). Date: 186[3?].
This painting depicts a subject visible from Daumier's studio on the quai d'Anjou in Paris: laundresses returning from laundry boats moored on the Seine. Despite the weight of her bulky load, the woman tenderly extends her hand to help a child up the steps of the embankment. With her sturdy form silhouetted against a bright background, the humble worker acquires a certain monumentality. This picture is the largest and possibly the last of three painted versions of the composition; Daumier's pigments have deteriorated, obscuring the last digit of the date inscribed at the lower left, but in 1893 it was recorded as 1863.
Technique/material:
OIL ON WOOD
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2745 x 4094 px | 32.2 MB
Print size:
23.2 x 34.7 cm | 9.2 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
