Le cabinet particulier (1ère planche) (The Private Room) (first plate)
c. 1893
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Jean-Louis Forain

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 27.9 × 39.5 cm (11 × 15 9/16 in.)
sheet: 38.5 × 52.4 cm (15 3/16 × 20 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3842
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 189
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 3 December 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. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
"j.l. forain"
Wikidata ID
Q64959455