Prostitutes on the Sidewalk, Boulevard Sebastopol (Filles publiques sur le trottoir,
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
c. 1927/1929
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etching and roulette work
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Frank Crowninshield Collection
Accession Number
1948.3.32
About the Artist
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974) was a leading French painter, draughtsman, engraver, and illustrator, born on 6 July in Boussy-Saint-Antoine near Paris, where he spent much of his childhood alongside time in the city. Defying his parents' initial hopes for a military career at Saint-Cyr, he pursued art, enrolling in 1900 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a general student. He studied u...