La friction au gant de crin (planche au lavis et au trait) (The Massage with Coarse Hair Glove) (Wash and Line plate)

1895

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.3 × 33.7 cm (10 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 34 × 44 cm (13 3/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3848

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 202

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 21 July 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

Not signed. Not dated. "G21" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "64 K7068[stricken] 29093" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "35-" 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).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959463

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