a) Au congres de la Paix (recto); b) Untitled (verso)

c. 1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper b) graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.8 x 55 cm (14 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.9053.a-b


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Au congrès de la Paix. Dites lever, que c'est la Dame de Verdun." lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Au Quai d'Orsay" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Au General de Castleman" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A2336" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64581537


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