Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry

1884

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

Associated Names
Léon Augustin Lhermitte

Artist, French, 1844 - 1925

The image shows an outdoor scene with a group of people engaged in various activities. The perspective is positioned near the people. The horizon aligns with the tops of trees, adding depth. The drawing uses delicate lines to depict the grass and tree bark. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of grey for contrast. A woman holds cloth or laundry, looking at a man seated next to a fabric or a blanket. Another woman stands nearby, surrounded by trees. Branches above spread out in a detailed pattern, casting light shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black charcoal with brown pastel on wove paper laid down on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Merritt Porter Dyke in Honor of Andrew Robison

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.6 × 55.7 cm (16 3/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.130.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fonteny 1991, no. 981

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sold by Lhermitte to Arthur Tooth, London, April 1885. (sale, Sotheby's New York, 20 April 2005, no. 184); Merritt P. Dyke, Atlanta; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Fonteny, Monique Le Pelley. _Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844 - 1925): Catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1991: no. 981 (location unknown).

Inscriptions

At lower right in black charcoal by the artist, L. Lhermitte

Wikidata ID

Q64592952

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