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: 34.7 × 29.7 cm (13 11/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 61.3 × 45.6 cm (24 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3751

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 46, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Social Concern and the Worker: French Prints from 1830-1910, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Cleveland Museum of Art; and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, no. 11, repro.

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 hadn. "epreuve d'essai / forain / janvier 1909" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "M.G. 35" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Palissade" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "illeg." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959280

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