Femme nue, assise sur son lit, de face (Nude Woman, Seated on Her Bed, Front View)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a woman sitting on a bed. She is positioned with her body facing slightly to her left, her upper body supported by her left hand while her right hand rests on her knee. Her head is turned toward the viewer, and she has a slight smile. The woman has medium-length hair pulled up into a bun on top of her head. There are no clothes or jewelry. She sits on a bed with loosely draped sheets. The background consists of simple, minimal lines suggesting the continuation of the bed's surface and possibly a bedpost.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.7 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 38.1 cm (19 7/8 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3755

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 53, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; 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 42 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 29022" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "96" 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 ZON[EN]"

Wikidata ID

Q64959285

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