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In the Wings

1875

Jean Louis Forain

Associated Names

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and black crayon on wove paper, mounted on board
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)
Dimensions

sheet: 30.48 × 20.96 cm (12 × 8 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2015.143.1395

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn (1920-2015); gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2004; acquired in 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Inscriptions

"jean louis forain" lower right composition, black watercolor, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

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