Washerwomen

Walter Shirlaw · c. 1880

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Walter Shirlaw's "Washerwomen," created circa 1880, is an oil on canvas measuring 47 × 76.2 cm (18 1/2 × 30 in.). Classified as a painting, it belongs to the Arts of the Americas department and represents United States culture. The work was acquired through the Gift of Emmanuel F. Selz.

The artist, Walter Shirlaw (1838–1909), was an American artist. His nationality is not specified in the provided artist authority record beyond "American artist." No provenance information is available for this artwork.

"Washerwomen" has been featured in several exhibitions, including "Nineteenth–Century American Paintings: a Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago" which toured Illinois and Iowa in 1966, and "Art in Illinois: In Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial" at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1968. No literature references are provided for this piece.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Nineteenth–Century American Paintings: a Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 5–Apr. 24, 1966; Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, May 19–June 5, 1966; Muscatine, Iowa, Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum, July 24–Oct. 2, 1966; Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Nov. 30, 1966–Jan. 8, 1967.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art in Illinois: In Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial, June 15–Sept. 8, 1968 (no cat.).

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