Le petit déjeuner (planche en largeur) (Breakfast) (horizontal plate)

1895

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.5 × 38.3 cm (11 5/8 × 15 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.8 × 50.6 cm (14 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3849

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 204

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 12 July 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

"forain" lower left composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "retouché par moi / forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"j.l. forain"

Wikidata ID

Q64959469

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