Le Traite des blanches (The White Slave Trade)

1886 and 1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 × 13.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 × 32.2 cm (19 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3744

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 28, 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. "G 26 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G.26 La traite des blanches" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A27625" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K. 5524 / c. 6049" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 6049" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2" upper 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

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959269

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