Le café de la Nouvelle Athènes (The Cafe of the New Athens)
c. 1876
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Printer, French, 1859 - 1919

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 15.8 × 12 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 50.6 × 32.6 cm (19 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3738
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 8, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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 center composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "113.15" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G8 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand."MK 29007" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K. 6981" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "no19" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Forain - Au café / ep. sur [illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "113.15" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"GP" (Gustave Pellet collector's stamp) lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 1190). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64959259