a) Au théâtre (At the Theatre) (recto); (b) Untitled (verso)

c. 1892

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper b) crayon in purple on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (recto): 20.1 × 29.6 cm (7 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 39.5 × 51.9 cm (15 9/16 × 20 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3840.a-b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 187

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

Exhibition History

1945

  • French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 36.

1956

  • Art and the Theater, Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, DC, 1956.

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. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"j.l. forain"

Wikidata ID

Q64959451

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