Danseuse et Maître d'hôtel (Dancer and Headwaiter)

1908

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This print shows a woman and a man standing together. The woman is on the left, bending forward, her torso facing the right and her head turned back towards us. Her facial features are simple, and her dark hair is styled in an updo with what look like white ribbons. She is dressed in a short, flowing dress. Her legs are extended out to either side in a wide stance, and she is wearing ballet shoes. On the right is a man clad in a formal suit, with a dark jacket over a light shirt. He is leaning slightly forward, turned towards the woman, his hands clasped together. He appears to have a white cloth draped over one arm. The background is gray, with some small white marks around the people.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    soft-ground etching, drypoint, and aquatint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.1 × 28 cm (12 5/8 × 11 in.)
    plate: 33.8 × 29 cm (13 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 38.1 cm (18 3/4 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3749

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 45, 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. "G 34 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 34. "Danseuse ed Maître d'hotêl" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "C. 6053" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "k. 5528 / c. 6053" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER Z[ONEN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959276

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