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La Traite des Blanches

Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1899

Palette

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Artist

Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
printed by Charles Verneau (French, active 19th c.)

Date

1899

Type

Print

Medium

Lithograph in olive, red, yellow and black on cream wove paper

Size

Image, incl registration marks; sheet cut within image at right margin: 79.5 × 57.6 cm (31 5/16 × 22 11/16 in.); Sheet: 80.4 × 60 cm (31 11/16 × 23 5/8 in.)

Place

France

Period

19th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 37

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1923: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1994. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules