Danseuses dans leur loge (Dancers in Their Dressing Room)
c. 1876
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Printer, French, 1859 - 1919

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 16 × 11.7 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 48.6 × 32.6 cm (19 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3737
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 7, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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
"L. Forain" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "G7" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Forain - La loge l'et[illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "no16" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64959258