a) La fête nationale (The National Holiday) (recto); b) Woman Holding Child (verso), 1918

Not on View

Medium

a) brush and brown and black ink over black crayon on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 37.5 x 53 cm (14 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.4058.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La Fête Nationale. "Oui acclame-t-on? Les Americains ...et les autres." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2299"[erased] lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

None.

Bibliography

1982: Reff 1982, 100.