L'avocat parlant au prévenu (1ère planche) (The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner) (first plate), 1909

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Medium

drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

image: 23 × 29 cm (9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
plate: 24 × 29.9 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

sheet: 34.5 × 39.8 cm (13 9/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 65, State i/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.3764

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G54I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 32497" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 54I-II Avocat parlant au prévenu" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "32497" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A 39152" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931: Prints and Drawings Relating to Lawyers and the Law, organized for the 54th annual Convention of the American Bar Association, Atlantic City Auditorium, 1931, no. 117, repro.

Bibliography

1982: Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.