J.-K. Huysmans

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This is a portrait sketch of an elderly man. He is facing slightly right in a three-quarter profile. He has detailed features such as eyebrows, a nose, a mustache, and a chin beard. The man appears to have sparse hair on his head, and is wearing a garment with a V-neckline. The background is plain and lightly shaded. The sketch is on sepia-toned paper with possible line work below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.3 × 10 cm (5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 51.5 × 38.5 cm (20 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 69, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "3/25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Huysmans" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "The V." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421).

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]

Wikidata ID

Q65079068

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