Le bain (planche en hauteur) (The Bath) (vertical plate)

c. 1896

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a person from the back, bending forward near a garment on the floor. The person's head is slightly lowered, with long hair falling down, partially covering their face. The person is bare-chested and wearing dark knee-high socks or stockings. The backdrop includes a bathtub to the left, a shelf with items in the background, and loose lines representing the floor. The setting appears quiet and intimate, depicted in monochrome tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.5 × 26 cm (12 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 × 37 cm (19 15/16 × 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3858

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 237

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 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

"f" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. "Tiré a 12 epreuves / forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "4" upper right composition, graphite, unknown hand. "G54" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K. 7075[stricken] MK 29101" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2933)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959484

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