En soirée (At an Evening Party)

c. 1896

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 32 × 25.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.2 × 36.4 cm (19 × 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3854

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 219

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

Not signed. Not dated. "7882 oem/100" lower left margin, graphite, unknown 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

Q64959478

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