Les instructions pour la journée (The Instructions for the Day)
c. 1897
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
color transfer lithograph on laid Arches paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 33 × 28.1 cm (13 × 11 1/16 in.)
sheet: 54.9 × 39.1 cm (21 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3862
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 247, State iii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 April 1929 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, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Les Instructions pour la journee" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MG" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE 2510 21103" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "64" verso, upper left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
"j.l. forain"
Wikidata ID
Q64959491