Trois dessins sur une feuille (Three Drawings on a Sheet)
c. 1895
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 25.6 × 29.5 cm (10 1/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
sheet: 26.1 × 40.2 cm (10 1/4 × 15 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3850
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 205, State ii/iii
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
"forain" lower right composition, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "3 dessins sur une feuille" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "7" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G24II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G24" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE670 E042" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Trois dessins sur une feuille" verso, lower right sheet, unknown hand. "9897[underlined] / seab[underlined]" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
(Marcel Louis Guérin collector's stamp) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
"j.l. forain"
Wikidata ID
Q64959471