La sortie de l'audience (1ère planche) (Coming Out of the Hearing) (first plate)
1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 33.7 × 29.1 cm (13 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 64.9 × 51 cm (25 9/16 × 20 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3761
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 61, State vii/viii
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 / 3e etat" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G 50 III La Sortie de l'audience 1er planche" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "31956 MK." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "10.000" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZONEN"
Wikidata ID
Q64959301