Édouard Pannetier Louis d'Orléans Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint

Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper

Dimensions: 26

and his works remain highly valued for their wit

late 19th-century gilded wood with leaf motifs

Active throughout World War II and the postwar period

Édouard Pannetier Louis d'Orléans Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatintAbout the Drawing This charcoal and pastel drawing on paper, mounted to cardboard, depicts various workers in a cereal or carob warehouse, with sack seamstresses and a young girl in the foreground. Created circa 1910 1920, the work likely portrays a scene from Algiers, where Pannetier resided during this period while teaching at the Lamoricire Lyceum in Oran. The composition bears traces of a signature in the lower right corner. The drawing