The Little Laundry Girl

Pierre Bonnard|Ambroise Vollard|Auguste Clot

1895–96 · Color lithograph · Drawings and Prints

The Little Laundry Girl — Pierre Bonnard|Ambroise Vollard|Auguste Clot

Child labor was common in turn-of-the-century Paris. In this depiction of a young laundress, Bonnard’s characteristic flattening of perspective and form heightens the awkwardness of the girl’s body as she hauls the heavy basket through the streets.

Artist
Pierre Bonnard|Ambroise Vollard|Auguste Clot
Date
1895–96
Medium
Color lithograph
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939

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