Provenance
Sold by Maurice Sachs (1906–1945), Paris, to De Hauke and Company, Inc., New York, July 1, 1929 [De Hauke and Company purchase book, p. 54, stock no. 1462, in Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904–1978, bulk 1913–1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, box 408, folder 4.]; sold to John Nicholas Brown II (1900–1979), Newport, R.I., Oct. 16, 1929 [De Hauke and Company sale book, p. 59, in Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904–1978, bulk 1913–1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, box 408, folder 5.]; estate of John Nicholas Brown II, Newport, R.I., from 1979.; sold to David Tunick, Inc., New York, c. 1986; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.
Workers' Daughters on the Outer Boulevard (Illustration for Émile Zola's "L'Assommoir")
1877/78
Accession Number
105461
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
27.5 × 39.9 cm (10 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
The Regenstein Collection
Background & Context
Background Story
Renoir's Workers' Daughters on the Outer Boulevard illustrates Emile Zola's L'Assommoir, showing his engagement with contemporary literature.
Cultural Impact
Renoir's Zola illustrations show his engagement with Naturalist literature.
Why It Matters
This illustration captures working-class Parisian life.
