Sur le lit (On the Bed)

c. 1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.8 × 33.2 cm (11 5/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 45.4 × 56.6 cm (17 7/8 × 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3776

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 75, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); 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. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Sur le Lit" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G 67" upper light margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30303" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "13958" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN" / [Fortune figure]

Wikidata ID

Q64959335

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