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Jean-Louis Forain

The Requisition, c. 1919

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.)

framed: 68 x 77.8 x 5.1 cm (26 3/4 x 30 5/8 x 2 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1980.45.3

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

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Inscription

lower right: forain

Provenance

Probably acquired 1929 from (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia) by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift 1943 to NGA.

[1] According to Rosenwald papers in NGA Gallery Archives, pertinent copies in NRA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Sessler, Charles

Exhibition History

1932: Forain: The Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1932, probably no. 11, as Quand le Boche Se Retire.

Bibliography

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 157, repro.

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