Suzanne Valadon · 1921

The Abandoned Doll

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Valadon's most unsettling interior — a clothed woman seated on a bed dries an undressed adolescent girl with a towel while the girl studies herself in a hand mirror, her doll lying abandoned on the rug. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington.

Up to 16 × 22.7 in · portrait

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Hand-printed in Ottawa

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of The Abandoned Doll

The Abandoned Doll is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1921 by French artist Suzanne Valadon. It has the dimensions of 135 by 95 cm. It is held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Suzanne Valadon

Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

The Abandoned Doll— questions & answers

›What is Suzanne Valadon's The Abandoned Doll about?

Painted in 1921, it shows a girl being dried after a bath by her mother, a discarded doll on the floor beside her — often read as a quiet image of a child leaving girlhood behind.

›Can I buy The Abandoned Doll as a canvas print in Canada?

Yes — Chromora prints The Abandoned Doll on museum-quality archival cotton canvas, hand-finished in Ottawa and shipped across Canada. A single print over $50 CAD ships free.

›Where is The Abandoned Doll?

The original is held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

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