La noed de cravate (Knotting the Cravat)

1880 and 1886

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15 × 9.9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.9 × 24.9 cm (12 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.70.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 20


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

None.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, red stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65572269


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