Le traite des blanches (The White Slave Trade), 1886 and 1909

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Medium

etching on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.8 × 13.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

sheet: 50.4 × 32.2 cm (19 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 28, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3744

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G 26 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G.26 La traite des blanches" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A27625" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K. 5524 / c. 6049" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 6049" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1982: Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.