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Women Sewing at a Table

ca. 1894–96
Not on view
Carrière’s subjects were often drawn from his family life. This work may well depict the artist’s wife, Sophie (1855–1922), sewing with one of their daughters, who winds yarn, with the strands hanging between her upraised hands.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Women Sewing at a Table
  • Artist: Eugène Carrière (French, Gournay-sur-Marne 1849–1906 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1894–96
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 15 in. (26 × 38.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ariane and Alain Kirili, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.428
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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