Laundresses

1898

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching printed in green ink on wove paper; one of three plates (in etching, drypoint, and aquatint) used to print the final version of this subject
Dimensions: plate: 14 3/16 x 10 5/8 in. (36 x 27 cm)
Collection no.: 1992.1006
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Laundresses — Théophile Steinlen. 1898.

Medium: Etching printed in green ink on wove paper; one of three plates (in etching, drypoint, and aquatint) used to print the final version of this subject. Dimensions: plate: 14 3/16 x 10 5/8 in. (36 x 27 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Clifford A. Furst Bequest, 1992.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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