Breton Market Town, Plestin
Medium
Soft ground etching and drypoint from two plates printed in 4 colors (dark green, brown, pink and bright green) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 11.7 × 17.4 cm (4 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 22.1 × 30.6 cm (8 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49675
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...