a) Scène de grève (3e planche) (Scene of a Strike) (third plate) (recto); b) Untitled (verso)

c. 1897

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) lithograph on laid paper b) black lithographic crayon on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (recto): 28.3 × 41.5 cm (11 1/8 × 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 39.2 × 55 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3860.a-b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 242

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

Exhibition History

1974

  • Social Concern and the Worker: French Prints from 1830-1910, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Cleveland Museum of Art; and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, no. 12, repro.

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. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La greve No 1" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959486

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