Sur le lit (On the Bed), c. 1909

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Medium

etching on laid Van Gelder paper

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.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 75, State i/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.3776

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"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.

Marks and Labels

(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).

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

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