The Shower

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The Shower, 1897. Color etching on paper.

Color etching on paper · Image/plate: 26.7 × 11.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: The Shower
Artist: Helen Hyde American, 1868-1919
Date: 1897
Medium: Color etching on paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 26.7 × 11.5 cm (10 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 33.7 × 16.3 cm (13 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edwin F. Gillette and Mrs. Hallie Hyde Irwin
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1868–1919

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.