Danseuse rattachant son chausson (Dancer Tying Her Slipper)

c. 1891

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a young woman in a ballet tutu adjusting her ballet shoe. Beside her, on a chair, is another piece of clothing or shawl. In the background, another woman stands behind a dressing screen, holding a piece of fabric. The room is minimally furnished, with framed artwork on the wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.6 x 30 cm (13 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3836

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 December 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 2008.

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. "= 5" upper left composition, in stone, artist's hand. "G2" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959441

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