Femme mettant son bas (Woman Putting On Her Stockings)
c. 1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Jean-Louis Forain
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.2 × 19.5 cm (9 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
plate: 25.5 × 21 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 48.7 × 38.1 cm (19 3/16 × 15 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3773
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 71, State ii/ii
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. "2eme ètat." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G63II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Femme mettant son bas." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "5537 / 6063" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "sin II./63" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "con 6063" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A 4015" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "202" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "PS" (Paul Sachs collector's stamp), verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2113).
Watermarks
"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]
Wikidata ID
Q64959325