Après la saisie (After the Seizure)

1908

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (zinc) on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 × 30 cm (13 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 55.3 × 39 cm (21 3/4 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3750

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 46, 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

"f" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "8/25" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL"

Wikidata ID

Q64959277


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