Le gros cigare (The Big Cigar)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows two individuals in a sketched style. The person on the left appears from the waist up, slightly leaning forward towards the other person. They have closed eyes, parted lips, and voluminous, upward and outward styled hair. Their attire includes a garment with zigzag or geometric designs. The person on the right is shown from the shoulders up, facing the first person in a side profile. They have a prominent nose, an open mouth, and groomed short hair. The background is a textured, lightly colored surface, emphasizing the two figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    soft-ground etching and drypoint (zinc plate) on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.4 × 22.7 cm (6 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
    plate: 16.6 × 23.9 cm (6 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.1 × 48.1 cm (12 1/4 × 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3753

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 49, 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. "G38" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K. 5529 / c. 6054" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 38 Le gros cigare." lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "cons 6054" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 26553." lower right margin, graphite, unknown 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 / VAN GELDER ZO[NEN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959282

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