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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
The Sick Child (L'enfant malade)
The title refers to the infant cradled in the woman’s lap. An early version of this print was published in a 1902 magazine that called attention to the public health crisis caused by tampered milk. Théophile Alexandre Steinlen regularly contributed to political magazines with work that depicted the social inequities he encountered while living in Paris.
ArtistThéophile-Alexandre Steinlen, 1859–1923
Date1902
MediumSoft-ground etching
Dimensions22 5/8 x 20 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (57.5 x 51.1 x 2.9 cm)
Signedl.r., in pencil: Steinlen / 2/10
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 62× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
