A Man on a City Street, Surrounded by Children (Un Père)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Artist, Swiss, 1859 - 1923

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and blue crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.2 x 24 cm (12 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    image: 26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.223

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris, by 1980); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1980; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

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 left in blue colored pencil: 6 - p. 139 un père.....; by artist, lower left in blue-colored pencil (erased): [Not deciphered]; by later hand, lower center in graphite: suff [?]; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 440[?]; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 17 (in circle)

Wikidata ID

Q64633128

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