Femme mettant son bas (Woman Putting On Her Stockings), c. 1909

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Medium

etching and aquatint on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

image: 23.2 × 19.5 cm (9 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
plate: 25.5 × 21 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

sheet: 48.7 × 38.1 cm (19 3/16 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 71, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.3773

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "2eme ètat." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G63II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Femme mettant son bas." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "5537 / 6063" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "sin II./63" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "con 6063" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A 4015" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "202" 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). "PS" (Paul Sachs collector's stamp), verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2113).

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.