The Little Laundry Girl

Pierre Bonnard French
 Publisher Ambroise Vollard French
 Printer Auguste Clot French

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Child labor was common in turn-of-the-century Paris. In this depiction of a young laundress, Bonnard’s characteristic flattening of perspective and form heightens the awkwardness of the girl’s body as she hauls the heavy basket through the streets.

The Little Laundry Girl, Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet), Color lithograph

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The Little Laundry Girl, Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet), Color lithograph
The Little Laundry Girl, Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet), Color lithograph
The Little Laundry Girl, Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet), Color lithograph

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