J.-K. Huysmans

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.3 × 10 cm (5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 51.5 × 38.5 cm (20 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 69, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "3/25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Huysmans" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "The V." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421).

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]

Wikidata ID

Q65079068

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