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Alphonse Legros — The Washing Place, called The Washerwomen (Le Lavoir, Dite "Les Laveuses")
Alphonse Legros

The Washing Place, called The Washerwomen (Le Lavoir, Dite "Les Laveuses")

1857

Women at work along the riverbank become subjects worthy of fine art through Legros's democratic vision, which elevated humble labor to the realm of serious artistic consideration.

Medium
drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, The Washing Place, called The Washerwomen (Le Lavoir, Dite "Les Laveuses"), 1857

Women at work along the riverbank become subjects worthy of fine art through Legros's democratic vision, which elevated humble labor to the realm of serious artistic consideration.

Medium
drypoint
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Print, Monochrome, French, Women, Figure, 1857, Work, Modern, Drypoint, Social Realism

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago