Chez l'huissier (At the Bailiff's)

c. 1891

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Belfond & Cie

Printer

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.6 × 29 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3841

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 182

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcel Guérin [1873-1948], Paris, (Lugt 1872b); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 10 November 1928 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

"forain" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "Chez l'Huissier / lj forain" upper left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "4er et." lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G3" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2502) 1251-" verso, lower center composition, graphite, unknown hand. "Chez l'hussier (G3)" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "23219" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Belfond & Cie stamp) lower left margin, blind stamp, (Lugt 225d). (Marcel Louis Guérin collector's stamp) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959453

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