Croquis de femme nue, la tête contre l'oreiller (1ère plance) (Sketch of a Nude Woman, Her Head Against a Pillow) (1st plate)

c. 1909

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29 × 33.4 cm (11 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 46.6 × 57.4 cm (18 3/8 × 22 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3778

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 77

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. "Croquis de femme nue, la tête sus l'oreiller" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G. 69" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2/54 / EE2512" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "13959" [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

[Fortune figure] / VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64959337

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