a) Scène de grève (3e planche) (Scene of a Strike) (third plate) (recto); b) Untitled (verso)
c. 1897
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
a) lithograph on laid paper b) black lithographic crayon on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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