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Auguste Louis Lepère — Bread-Sellers

Auguste Louis Lepère

Bread-Sellers

1889

Bold knife cuts and simplified forms characterize this woodcut's direct approach to depicting Parisian street vendors, reflecting the medium's inherent graphic power.

Medium
woodcut

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Auguste Louis Lepère, Bread-Sellers , 1889

Bold knife cuts and simplified forms characterize this woodcut's direct approach to depicting Parisian street vendors, reflecting the medium's inherent graphic power.

Medium
woodcut
Year
1889
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Figure, 19th Century, Community, Labor, Urban, Woodcut, Narrative, Black and White, Social Realism

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