Le cabinet particulier (4e planche) (The Private Room) (fourth plate)

c. 1893

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows three people at a table, focusing on their upper bodies. The central figure leans against another person, whose face is turned from the viewer. The person on the right is leaning into the corner with their head on their arms. They have a beard and wear something on their head. The table is covered with a cloth and set with items like a bottle, grapes, fruit, and what may be stacked books or papers. In the background, there is a large window with abstract lines drawn on it. The scene conveys a sense of quiet and stillness in a dimly lit setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31 × 42 cm (12 3/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.4 × 52.4 cm (15 7/8 × 20 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3844

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 192

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 18 June 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

Not signed. Not dated. "En Cabinet particulier" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G 13 2" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE2504 2/351" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EYX" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1880" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"j.l. forain"

Wikidata ID

Q64959459

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