Etude de femme nue, les mains croisées au-dessous de la tête (Study of a Nude Woman, Her Hands Crossed behind Her Head)

c. 1900

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.7 × 54.1 cm (14 13/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3879

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 253

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 margin, graphite, 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

"j.l. forain"

Wikidata ID

Q64959523

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