L'avocat parlant au prévenu (2e planche) (The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner) (second plate)
1909
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.5 × 28 cm (8 1/16 × 11 in.)
plate: 21.7 × 29 cm (8 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 37 × 50.2 cm (14 9/16 × 19 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3765
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 66, State ii/ii
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. "22-25" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G 55II L'avocat parlant au prévenu (2nd plate)" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A27631" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "cons 6059" verso, lower right sheet graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"
Wikidata ID
Q64959308