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Laundresses (Blanchisseuses) (How Quickly Youth Fades! / Jeunesse passe vite vertu!), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Publisher André Marty French
1893
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Object Information
  • Title: Laundresses (Blanchisseuses) (How Quickly Youth Fades! / Jeunesse passe vite vertu!), from "L'Estampe Originale"
  • Series/Portfolio: L'Estampe originale, Album III
  • Artist: Auguste-Louis Lepère (French, Paris 1849–1918 Domme)
  • Publisher: André Marty (French, born 1857)
  • Date: 1893
  • Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint; printed in three colors
  • Dimensions: Plate: 15 1/2 × 9 in. (39.4 × 22.9 cm)
    Sheet: 17 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (45.5 × 25.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.82.1-24
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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