La sortie de l'audience (1ère planche) (Coming Out of the Hearing) (first plate)

1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows several figures in a dimly lit scene. In the foreground, a woman is bending slightly forward, with her face partly hidden by a large hat. Beside her, two children stand, one holding a round hat and the other wearing a broad-brimmed hat. Behind them, another figure is seated, appearing older with distinctive facial features under a cap. Beside him is a taller, balding man in a formal suit, standing with his head down toward a desk. The background is minimalistic with cross-hatchings, likely representing walls, suggesting an interior setting with no visible windows or decorative elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.6 × 29.1 cm (13 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 64.5 × 51.6 cm (25 3/8 × 20 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3760

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 61, State iii/viii

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. "3em etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "MK 29028" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k. 7002" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "40" lower left 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 ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959300

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