THEOPHILE STEINLEN. 1859-1923

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Tempera on unprimed canvas. 61 X 64cm. Inv. No 3463 Signed lower left: Steinlen

This canvas represents a sketch for the poster for the Steinlen exhibition of 1894 and is also a variant of a color lithograph. It may be dated 1894. Provenance: until 1918 The Z. Domashneva Collection, Moscow; 1921—28 The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; 1928—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibition: 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 35

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