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Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

Housewife and Children Returning from the Laundry House

1899
Soft ground etching and aquatint from a zinc plate printed à la poupée in dark brown, warm brown, tan and green on cream laid paper
36.1 × 26.8 cm (14.2 × 10.6 in)

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