Portrait de Forain (Portrait of Forain)
1912
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 11.9 × 8.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
plate: 13.4 × 10.3 cm (5 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.)
sheet: 41.9 × 28.6 cm (16 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3825
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 134, State iii/iii
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. "(4e etat) Portrait de l'artiste / (au chapeau noir)" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 7914" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26673" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64959425