Aux Champs-Elysées
Cross’s lithograph portrays a group of nannies out with their charges on a summer’s day in Paris. In the foreground is the seated figure of one such bonne, the white ribbons of her bonnet cascading over her chair and a girl resting at her feet. In the distance, along the tree-lined avenue, are nannies, horses, and finely dressed ladies whose exaggerated silhouettes—with their corseted waistlines and outlandish hats—appear almost caricatures.
Artwork Details
- Title: Aux Champs-Elysées
- Artist: Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix) (French, Douai 1856–1910 Saint-Clair)
- Date: 1897
- Medium: Color lithograph on chine volant
- Dimensions: Image: 8 in. × 10 1/4 in. (20.3 × 26.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 15/16 in. (27.3 × 37.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.562
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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