Le bar des Folies-Bergère (The Bar at the Folies-Bergère), c. 1876

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27.4 × 19.7 cm (10 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 51.5 × 36.4 cm (20 1/4 × 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 9, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3739

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"Forain" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "M G 8 only" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G 8bis only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 8bis "Le Bar des Foiles-Bergere" Very rare" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Collection: M. Guerin / Illustrated in Guerin Catalogue" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30302" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Bar des Folies Bergere" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "25011" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(Marcel L. Guérin collector's mark) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Marcel Guérin [1873-1948], Paris, (Lugt 1872b); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Guérin, Marcel
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

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