Le bar des Folies-Bergère (The Bar at the Folies-Bergère)

c. 1876

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.4 × 19.7 cm (10 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 51.5 × 36.4 cm (20 1/4 × 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3739

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 9, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcel Guérin [1873-1948], Paris, (Lugt 1872b); 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" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "M G 8 only" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G 8bis only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 8bis "Le Bar des Foiles-Bergere" Very rare" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Collection: M. Guerin / Illustrated in Guerin Catalogue" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30302" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Bar des Folies Bergere" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "25011" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Marcel L. Guérin collector's mark) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959261

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