Danseuse accotée contre un portant (avec des figurants) (Dancer Leaning against an Upright (with extras))
c. 1897
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Jean-Louis Forain

Artwork overview
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Medium
transfer lithograph on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 32 × 24 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 44.1 × 29.5 cm (17 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.3864
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 248
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 left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G65" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Danseuse accotee a un portant" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE671" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "11326" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
(Marcel Louis Guérin collector's stamp) lower left margin, 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
Q64959494