Sleeping Cat
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
(French (born in Switzerland), 1859–1923)
Medium/TechniqueSoftground etching, aquatint, and drypoint, printed in yellow and black from two zinc plates
DimensionsPlatemark: 11.9 x 23.4 cm (4 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number42.44
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The cat, whether slumbering, alert to a sound, or ready to pounce, was a source of deep inspiration for the artist T-A. Steinlen, who depicted his favored creature in virtually all media. This color intaglio print in soft-ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint reveals Steinlen's superb ability as a technician of printmaking as well as draughtsman..
InscriptionsRecto: in pencil, u.r.: C 98; in pencil, l.r.: Steinlen's signature; in pencil, l.l.: 9/22; in red crayon, l.l.: (10 en couleur); in pencil, l.r.: 1.33615; in red, l.r.: ...[illegible]... 3 [in a circle]ProvenanceColnaghi & Co. (London); from whom purchased by MFA February 12, 1942
