Au restaurant (At the Restaurant)

1890

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Belfond & Cie

Printer

The image shows two people sitting at separate tables. The man on the left wears a top hat, suit, bow tie, vest, and has a moustache. He looks slightly to the left. The woman at the right table leans her chin on her hand, with her arm bent, looking towards the right. She has curly hair and wears a hat with feathers, a dress with puffed sleeves, and long gloves. The man's table has bottles and a book, while the woman's table has a plate. They are in a restaurant or café setting with light from a window in the background, and sketched lines indicating walls or a partition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.4 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3835

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 180

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 3 December 1928 to 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 composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "32" upper left composition, in stone, artist's hand. "8523 / [illeg.]/150" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LJR" lower right composition, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). (Belfond & Cie stamp), lower right composition, blind stamp, (Lugt 225d). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959440

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