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Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

The Return from the Laundry

February 1912
Aquatint, soft ground and etching from a zinc plate in 4 colors (gray, brown, black and orange) on ivory laid paper
40 × 38 cm (15.7 × 15 in)

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