The Little Laundress, 1896
Color lithographexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2001.251.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Pierre Bonnard's engaging portrayal of a young laundry worker hauling her heavy basket of clothing along a deserted Parisian street belies the often harsh reality of child labor at the end of the nineteenth century. By that time, some one fifth of the city's working population was engaged in the laundry industry. Most of the workers were women and girls. Influenced in part by Japanese woodcuts, Bonnard presents the subject from an unusually high vantage point, emphasizing the print's flattened perspective, angular design, and bold colors over descriptive details.
Details
- Title
- The Little Laundress
- Artist Life
- 1867–1947
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2001.251.1
- Provenance
- Ruth and Bruce Dayton, Wayzata, Minn.; given to MIA, 2001
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Roger-Marx 42; Bouvet 40
- Curator Approved
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