Après la saisie (After the Seizure), 1908

Not on View

Medium

etching (zinc) on laid Van Gelder paper

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.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 46, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3751

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"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.

Marks and Labels

(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).

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.