Scène de cabinet particulier (planche en largeur au lavis) (Scene in a Private Room) (horizontal plate with wash)

c. 1896

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown and black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.4 × 40.9 cm (10 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3855

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 228

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. "Scebe de cabinet particulier. epreuve unique" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "EE672" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "E008" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Marcel Louis Guerin collector's stamp) lower left composition, 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

Q64959480

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