The Washerwomen (Les laveuses)

1889

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist/publisher, French, 1848 - 1903

Edouard Ancourt

Printer, French, active 1860s/1890s

The image contains bold, curvilinear shapes and flowing lines creating an abstract configuration. A figure is seen bent over on the right, while on the left there is an abstract representation of a cow's head with horns and eyes. The background features swirling lines resembling clouds or water ripples. The composition blends organic and abstract elements harmoniously.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (zinc) on yellow wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.1 × 26.5 cm (8 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.7.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 10, State only state (Ab)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 47, as Les Laveuses (Washerwomen), from Dix zincographies.

Bibliography

1927

  • Guérin, Marcel. L'Oeuvre gravé de Gauguin. 2 vols. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.

1988

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, and Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonne of his Prints. Berne: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 47.

Inscriptions

recto: lower right in plate: P.Gauguin; verso: upper right, in graphite: 383; lower center verso in graphite: OTMIAIAH; lower right verso in graphite: VIXXX

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q74067160

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