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Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s model for The Laundress was Nini Lopez, whom he painted regularly between 1874 and 1880 in his scenes of modern life. He made this canvas shortly after completing the illustrations for Émile Zola’s L’Assommoir (The Drunkard), a gritty novel about the downfall of a laundress in the brutal and degrading world of working-class Paris. Unlike those illustrations , this painting lacks any portrayal of backbreaking labor or social oppression. Renoir chose instead to visually reference the 19th-century stereotype of laundresses being promiscuous, signaled in this and other contemporary depictions of such figures by the sleeve slipping off the shoulder. This young woman appears artfully disheveled and rosy-cheeked as she tends to the laundry in her affluent employer’s home, standing next to a basket of linens and a stove used to heat irons.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 56 × 80 Cm |
| Tags | womenportraitportraits: female subjectlaborinteriorbaskettextilewomanworkportraits |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
Timeline
Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, exh. cat.
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, exh. cat. (Imp. de l’Art, E. Ménard et Cie, 1892), p. 37, cat. 8.
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Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, May 1892, cat. 8, as Laveuse.
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, May 1892, cat. 8, as Laveuse.
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism, Oct. 8, 2023-Jan. 14, 2024, cat. 51.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism, Oct. 8, 2023-Jan. 14, 2024, cat. 51.
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Britany Salsbury, Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism, exh. cat.
Britany Salsbury, Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023), 37, 165, 169 (ill.), 204-05 cat. 51.
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“Cat. 6: The Laundress, 1877/79,” in Renoir Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Jill Shaw
“Cat. 6: The Laundress, 1877/79,” in Renoir Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Jill Shaw (Art Institute of Chicago, 2014), https://publications.artic.edu/renoir/reader/paintingsanddrawings/section/138973.
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Anne Distel, Renoir, Les Phares
Anne Distel, Renoir, Les Phares (Citadelles et Mazenod, 2009), pp. 158–59, ill. 142; 310.
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Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 25 (ill.).
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 25 (ill.).
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Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat.
Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago/Kimbell Art Museum, 2008), pp. 17; 68–69, cat. 25 (ill.). Simultaneously published as Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale Unversity Press, 2008), pp. 17; 68-69, cat. 25 (ill.).
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Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, with the collaboration of Camille Frémontier-Murphy, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858–1881, vol. 1
Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, with the collaboration of Camille Frémontier-Murphy, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1858–1881, vol. 1 (Bernheim-Jeune, 2007), p. 409, cat. 382 (ill.).
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Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art, Renoir’s Women, Sept. 23, 2005–Jan. 8, 2006, cat. 2.
Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art, Renoir’s Women, Sept. 23, 2005–Jan. 8, 2006, cat. 2.
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Ann Dumas and John Collins, Renoir’s Women, exh. cat.
Ann Dumas and John Collins, Renoir’s Women, exh. cat. (Columbus Museum of Art/Merrell, 2005), pp. 11, fig. 2; 118.
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Paul Hayes Tucker, “Renoir in the 1870s and ’80s: Modernity, Tradition, and Individuality,” in Bridgestone Museum of Art and Nagoya City Art Museum, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, trans. Yumiko Yamazaki and Yuko Tatsuno, ex...
Paul Hayes Tucker, “Renoir in the 1870s and ’80s: Modernity, Tradition, and Individuality,” in Bridgestone Museum of Art and Nagoya City Art Museum, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, trans. Yumiko Yamazaki and Yuko Tatsuno, exh. cat. (Bridgestone Museum of Art/Nagoya City Art Museum/Chunichi Shimbun, 2001), pp. 37–38, 223.
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Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, Feb. 10–Apr. 15, 2001, cat. 13 (ill.); Nagoya City Art Museum, Apr. 21–June 24, 2001.
Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, Feb. 10–Apr. 15, 2001, cat. 13 (ill.); Nagoya City Art Museum, Apr. 21–June 24, 2001.
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Katsunori Fukaya, “The Laundress,” in Bridgestone Museum of Art and Nagoya City Art Museum, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, exh. cat.
Katsunori Fukaya, “The Laundress,” in Bridgestone Museum of Art and Nagoya City Art Museum, Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master, 1870–1892, exh. cat. (Bridgestone Museum of Art/Nagoya City Art Museum/Chunichi Shimbun, 2001), pp. 82–83, cat. 13 (ill.).
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Frederick A. Sweet, “The Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 50, 3
Frederick A. Sweet, “The Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 50, 3 (Sept. 15, 1956), p. 44.
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Art Institute of Chicago, “The Magnificent Worcester Gift,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 42, 2, pt. 3
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Magnificent Worcester Gift,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 42, 2, pt. 3 (Feb. 1948), p. 4 (ill.).
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Edith Weigle, “Gift of Art,” Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1947, p. C6
Edith Weigle, “Gift of Art,” Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1947, p. C6 (ill.).
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.
given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.
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“Donor to Get Honor Degree at Art Institute,” Chicago Daily Tribune, June 13, 1947, p. 21.
“Donor to Get Honor Degree at Art Institute,” Chicago Daily Tribune, June 13, 1947, p. 21.
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Complete List of Works,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 41, 5 [pt. 3]
Art Institute of Chicago, “Complete List of Works,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 41, 5 [pt. 3] (Sept.–Oct. 1947), p. 63.
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Daniel Catton Rich, Catalogue of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Daniel Catton Rich, Catalogue of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings (Lakeside, 1938), pp. 77–78; pl. 46/cat. 80.
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Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937, cat. 30 (ill.).
Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937, cat. 30 (ill.).
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Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, exh. cat.
Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, exh. cat. (Toledo Museum of Art, 1937), n.pag., cat. 30 (ill.).
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“Renoir Painting Sold for $7,000,” New York Times, Jan. 6, 1923, p. 13.
“Renoir Painting Sold for $7,000,” New York Times, Jan. 6, 1923, p. 13.
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Meyer Goodfriend sale, New York and Paris, New American Art Galleries, New York, Jan....
Meyer Goodfriend sale, New York and Paris, New American Art Galleries, New York, Jan. 5, 1923, lot 109, to John Levy Galleries, New York, for $2,000. [According to an annotated copy of New York, New American Art Galleries sale cat., Jan. 4–5, 1923, lot 109, photocopy in curatorial object file]. Howard Young, New York, by Mar. 28, 1923. [this and the following per verso of an archival photograph of The Laundress inscribed by Howard Young and dated Mar. 28, 1923, curatorial object file]
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New American Art Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by the Barbizon Masters, Their Contemporaries the French Impressionists, and Modern French Painters Forming the Private Collection of Mr. Meyer Goodfriend New York–Paris, sale cat.
New American Art Galleries, Paintings and Pastels by the Barbizon Masters, Their Contemporaries the French Impressionists, and Modern French Painters Forming the Private Collection of Mr. Meyer Goodfriend New York–Paris, sale cat. (New American Art Galleries, Jan. 4–5, 1923), lot 109.
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sold to Charles H....
sold to Charles H. Worcester (d. 1956), Chicago, by Mar. 28, 1923
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Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Worcester Collection, July 24–Sept. 23, 1923, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Worcester Collection, July 24–Sept. 23, 1923, no cat.
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sold to Meyer Goodfriend, New York and Paris, by Jan....
sold to Meyer Goodfriend, New York and Paris, by Jan. 4, 1923
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The artist (d....
The artist (d. 1919)
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possibly sold to Léon Orosdi, Paris (d....
possibly sold to Léon Orosdi, Paris (d. 1922), Mar. 2, 1906. Galérie Barbazanges, Paris, by Jan. 4, 1923. [this and the following per New American Art Galleries sale cat., January 4–5, 1923, lot 109]
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sold to the Prince de Wagram (Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram), Paris, by Feb....
sold to the Prince de Wagram (Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram), Paris, by Feb. 24, 1906 [this and the two following per Dauberville and Dauberville 2007)]
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sold back to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Feb....
sold back to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Feb. 24, 1906, for 9,000 francs
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sold to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aug....
sold to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aug. 3, 1905, for 8,500 francs [per Durand-Ruel Archives, Paris, stock book 1901 (no. 1520), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]
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Douglas W. Druick, Renoir, Artists in Focus
Douglas W. Druick, Renoir, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago/Abrams, 1997), pp. 30; 37–38; 87, pl. 6; 108 (detail).
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Gerhard Gruitrooy, Renoir: A Master of Impressionism
Gerhard Gruitrooy, Renoir: A Master of Impressionism (Todtri Productions, 1994), p. 109 (ill.).
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Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of 19th- and 20th-Century Painting: The Art Institute of Chicago, with an introduction by James N. Wood
Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of 19th- and 20th-Century Painting: The Art Institute of Chicago, with an introduction by James N. Wood (Art Institute of Chicago/Abbeville, 1993), p. 79 (ill.).
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Sophie Monneret, Renoir, Profils de l’art
Sophie Monneret, Renoir, Profils de l’art (Chêne, 1989), p. 153, cat. 8 (ill.).
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Atlanta, High Museum of Art, May 25, 1984–May 30, 1985, no cat.
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, May 25, 1984–May 30, 1985, no cat.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, exh. cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), pp. 26; 86; 90–91, cat. 31 (ill.).
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 31 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 31 (ill.).
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Elda Fezzi, L’opera completa di Renoir, nel periodo impressionista, 1869–1883, Classici dell’arte 59
Elda Fezzi, L’opera completa di Renoir, nel periodo impressionista, 1869–1883, Classici dell’arte 59 (Rizzoli, 1972), p. 108, cat. 434 (ill.).
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François Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. 1, Figures, 1860–1890
François Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. 1, Figures, 1860–1890 (Durand-Ruel, 1971), pp. 254–55, cat. 348 (ill.); 416.
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New York, Wildenstein, Renoir: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the American Association of Museums in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir’s Death, Mar. 27–May 3, 1969, cat. 37 (ill.).
New York, Wildenstein, Renoir: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the American Association of Museums in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir’s Death, Mar. 27–May 3, 1969, cat. 37 (ill.).
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François Daulte, Renoir: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the American Association of Museums in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir’s Death, exh. cat.
François Daulte, Renoir: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the American Association of Museums in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Renoir’s Death, exh. cat. (Wildenstein, 1969), cat. 37 (ill.).
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Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84, 55
Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84, 55 (Sept. 1966), p. 203.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961; reissue, 1968), p. 396.
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possibly sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 15, 1882 [per Durand-Ruel Archives, Paris, stock book for 1880–84 (no....
possibly sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 15, 1882 [per Durand-Ruel Archives, Paris, stock book for 1880–84 (no. 2464), and for 1891 (no. 1520), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]
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