"J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher...ça lui fera trop de peine." ("I don't dare take them down...it would hurt him too much.")

c. 1892

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows two individuals standing in close proximity. On the left, a man is depicted in a slight profile view, looking towards the woman. He has a robust build, a mustache, and wears a cap. He is holding a rectangular object close to his body. On the right, a woman is shown in profile facing the man. She has long, wavy hair and wears a long dress with a high collar. The background consists of soft, sketchy lines hinting at walls or shelves with a silhouetted figure in the background on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 39.6 × 26 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3839

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 186, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Roger Marx [1859-1913], Paris, (Lugt 2229); (sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 27 April to 2 May 1914, lot 51); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 April 1929 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

Not signed. Not dated. "c / spx" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "m97" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30308" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1879" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q64959444

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