Le calvaire (1ère planche) (Calvary) (first plate), 1902

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Medium

etching on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

plate: 39.4 × 49 cm (15 1/2 × 19 5/16 in.)

sheet: 49.8 × 64.6 cm (19 5/8 × 25 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 31, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.3769

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "forain" lower right margin, black crayon, artist's hand. Not dated. "2me etat" lower left margin, lithographic crayon, artist's hand. "mk 29037 "k 7011" [stricken] verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"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.