Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Trottin sout la pluie / Midinette
1898
Color etching on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 10.5 in / 35,5 x 26,7 cm
Framed: 23 x 18.5 in / 58,4 x 47 cm

Provenence:
Dorotheum Museum, Vienna 1964
Private Collection, New York
By descent to current owner

Art nouveau painter and printmaker, Theophile Steinlen, gained acclaim for his illustrations featured in various magazines, journals, and advertisement posters. Besides illustrating advertisements for a variety of products, Steinlen was famous for his posters of cabaret and music hall performers. His permanent home, Montmartre and its environs was a favorite subject throughout Steinlen's life and he often painted genre scenes of the working class, capturing day-to-day life in Paris with a simple, endearing style. This etching, depicting a young woman (“Midinette”) struggling with her umbrella as she runs through the rain (“Trottin sout la pluie”) exhibits the intimacy and immediacy that often marks Steinlen’s work.

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