Le decavé (Cleared Out)

1914

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a scene of two men standing in an indoor setting. The man on the left is dressed formally in a tuxedo with a bow tie and white shirt, while the other man is wearing a large coat over a light-colored shirt with boots. Both men have short, roughly drawn hair and indistinct facial features. The background is crowded with other figures sitting around tables under overhead lighting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.4 × 25.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 48.8 × 35.1 cm (19 3/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3877

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 281

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

"21/40 forain" lower right margin, black crayon, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959518

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