L'avocat parlant au prévenu (1ère planche) (The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner) (first plate)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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

  • 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

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