a) Refugees (recto); b) No 2 (verso)

c. 1914/1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush and black ink and blue crayon on wove paper b) blue crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.7 x 50.2 cm (13 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4045.a-b


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, written twice, artist's hand. Not dated. "A 2297" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "No 2" [underlined] verso, upper right sheet, blue crayon, artist's hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64581425


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