a) Man Pointing to an Island (recto); b) Man Looking at His Watch (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush with black and gray-brown ink on wove paper b) red crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.8 x 49.6 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4066.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right composition, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "A 2320" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "67" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"CHAPRON COQUELIN PARIS"

Wikidata ID

Q64581452

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