Femme assise, la tête dans la main droite (Seated Woman with Her Head Resting on Her Right Hand)
1897
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in red and black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.2 × 19.7 cm (7 15/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
sheet: 33.9 × 45.3 cm (13 3/8 × 17 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3861
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 244
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 21 July 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 margin, red ink, artist's hand. Not dated. "40-" 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
Q64959489