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Étienne Dinet / Arab Women Walking

Arab Women Walking

1895 · Pencil, pastel and gouache on paper

A woman and child in flowing, veiled robes walk together through a sunlit North African street, a scene from the Algerian life Dinet devoted his career to depicting.

MovementOOrientalism
LocationParis, France
Genregenre art
Dimensions50.3 × 64.4 cm

Why it matters

Three women walk in profile ahead of a woman carrying a child and a young girl, in a setting between town and countryside. Dinet made the drawing in Algeria.

Did you know?

  • It is signed 'E. DINET 1895'.
  • It has belonged to the City of Paris since 1907.
  • It is in the Petit Palais.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Femmes arabes à la promenade (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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