Sweepers
1888
Artist, Swiss, 1859 - 1923

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink and blue colored pencil on wove paper, partially silhouetted and laid down on a glossy gillot board, partially printed in a reticulated design, with additions by the artist in pen and black ink and blue colored pencil
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 31.5 x 19.8 cm (12 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
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Accession
2009.70.222
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers; Milwaukee Art Museum; Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, 1982, 151, no. 178 (Phillip Dennis Cate and Susan Gill).
Bibliography
2012
Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 177 (color).
Inscriptions
by artist, lower right in pen and black ink: Steinlen; by artist, lower right in blue-colored pencil: LES BALAYEURS (2); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: [Not deciphered] / 2500 F
Wikidata ID
Q64633127