L'avocat parlant au prévenu (1ère planche) (The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner) (first plate)
1909
Jean-Louis Forain
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23 × 29 cm (9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
plate: 24 × 29.9 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 34.5 × 39.8 cm (13 9/16 × 15 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3764
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 65, State i/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Prints and Drawings Relating to Lawyers and the Law, organized for the 54th annual Convention of the American Bar Association, Atlantic City Auditorium, 1931, no. 117, repro.
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. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G54I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 32497" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 54I-II Avocat parlant au prévenu" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "32497" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A 39152" 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 ZON[EN}"
Wikidata ID
Q64959306