Croquis de femme en buste (Sketch of a Woman in Half-Length), c. 1900

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Medium

lithograph on Arches wove paper

Dimensions

image: 23.5 × 20 cm (9 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

sheet: 39.9 × 26.2 cm (15 11/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 220

Accession Number

1943.3.2135

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

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Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "Croquis de femme en buste de 3/4 à droite un collet dur les epaules / 1 state" lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2513) lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1888" [underlined] verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1982: Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.