Idyll de Faubourg
Date1913
Artist
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
(Swiss artist and illustrator, 1859–1923)
MediumLithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (26 × 19.7 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (31.1 × 23.3 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (31.1 × 23.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-335
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe faubourg was an early type of suburb--the populated region just outside the city walls. By the early 20th century when this was made, the faubourgs of Paris had been absorbed by the growing city and had lost much of their distinctive character.
