a) L'amour à Paris (Love in Paris) (recto); b) Untitled (verso)
c. 1893
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper b) graphite on wove Arches vellum paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (recto): 37.5 × 28.5 cm (14 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 52 × 39.4 cm (20 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3846.a-b
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 195, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); (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
"f" lower right margin, in stone, artist's hand. "G16II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "au verso - froques de Danseuse" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30109" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
"j.l. forain"
Wikidata ID
Q64959461