a) Bolo pacha (recto); Study for Bolo pacha (verso)

c. 1914/1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush and black ink and black crayon, with corrections by the artist in white opaque watercolor, on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.3 x 52.9 cm (14 11/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4034.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right composition, black ink, artist's hand. Not dated. "Bolo pacha." lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A la Sante. Bolo:- "Laissez moi au moins mes bottines...Elle sont a boutons-"" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A reduire sur 4 colonnes" lower right margin, black crayon, artist's hand. "A 2340" 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

Q64581413

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