Scène de cabinet particulier (planche en largeur au lavis) (Scene in a Private Room) (horizontal plate with wash)

c. 1896

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows two people with their upper bodies visible. The person on the left is seated, leaning back with their arm stretched out, and the person on the right is also seated facing the left, with their upper body slightly turned towards the viewer and one hand being held by the other person. The seated individual on the left appears to be a man with short hair, wearing a jacket over a shirt. The person on the right seems to be a woman with shoulder-length hair styled in an updo. Her facial features are softly sketched, and she appears to have a composed expression. She wears a dress with a V-neckline. On the table in front of them are a bottle and a book or box, around which their hands are positioned. In the background, there is a rough sketch of a bed or couch against the wall, and the rest of the background is uniformly shaded without specific details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown and black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.4 × 40.9 cm (10 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3855

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 228

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

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. "Scebe de cabinet particulier. epreuve unique" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "EE672" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "E008" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Marcel Louis Guerin collector's stamp) lower left composition, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959480

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