A Bullier (To Bullier's)

c. 1876

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Gustave Pellet

Printer, French, 1859 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 × 12 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 44.4 × 30.9 cm (17 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3740

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 12, 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

"JL Forain" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "une des rares epreuves, en couleurs." lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G 11 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30301" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LP" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a Bullier" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MG 11" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "13593" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959265

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