Femme mettant son bas (Woman Putting On Her Stockings)

c. 1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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

    1943.3.3773

  • 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

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