"J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher...ça lui fera trop de peine." ("I don't dare take them down...it would hurt him too much.")

c. 1892

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 39.6 × 26 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3839

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 186, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Roger Marx [1859-1913], Paris, (Lugt 2229); (sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 27 April to 2 May 1914, lot 51); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 April 1929 to 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

Not signed. Not dated. "c / spx" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "m97" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30308" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1879" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"RMx" (Roger Marx collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2229). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"j.l. forain"

Wikidata ID

Q64959444

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