Curator’s note

The Laundress

One of Daumier's signature works, showing a laundress climbing the riverbank steps with her child, monumentalizing the hard daily life of the urban poor.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 186[3?]
Medium: Oil on oak
Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 13 in. (48.9 x 33 cm)
On view: Gallery 812

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ArtistHonoré Daumier PeriodImpressionism CountryFrance MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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