The Empire Destroys, The Republic Pays, probably 1918

Not on View

Medium

black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 32 x 47.5 cm (12 5/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.4117

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: forain; other hand lower left in graphite: Attitude. "Pour ca!... C'est l'Empire qui demolissait. Maintenant, nous sommes une aimable Rep ublique."; lR //: A2355

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius