Two Mothers
Medium
Aquatint, soft ground etching and drypoint from two zinc plates printed à la poupée in 7 colors (olive green, brown, black, teal, orange, pink and yellow) on ivory laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 20 × 14 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 24.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49602
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...