Les Folies-Bergère (planche refusée, 2e planche) (The Folies Bergère) (refused plate, second plate)

1880 and 1886

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.8 × 15 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.1 × 21.7 cm (6 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3742

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 21, 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" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "p 7/26" lower left margain, graphite, unknown hand. "4/30" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE 1860" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "husee Kall" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"ARCHES"

Wikidata ID

Q64959267

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