Danseuses dans leur loge (Dancers in Their Dressing Room), c. 1876

Not on View

Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 16 × 11.7 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

sheet: 48.6 × 32.6 cm (19 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 7, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3737

Artists / Makers

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

Gustave Pellet (printer) French, 1859 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

"L. Forain" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "G7" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Forain - La loge l'et[illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "no16" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Henraux, Lucien
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

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