Suspension d'audience (Recess of the Hearing)

1914

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 39.8 × 29.4 cm (15 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.1 × 35.3 cm (20 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3889

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 282

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(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

"17/40 forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Suspension d'audience" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k 5561 / c 6091" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 6091" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26695" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "34" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959537

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