Salle de jeu (Gambling Room)

1914

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.5 × 40 cm (11 1/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.9 × 52 cm (13 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3885

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 279

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 29 October 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. "Salle de jeu" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k 5560 / c 6090" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26694 cons 6090" lower right 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

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959530

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