Les instructions pour la journée (The Instructions for the Day)

c. 1897

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image depicts two women in a bedroom-like setting. One woman is sitting up in a bed with her legs extended and covered by a blanket, showing a three-quarters view of her body. Her hair is styled loosely, and she is wearing a long, light-colored garment. The second woman is positioned beside the bed, seated in a chair, and bends forward slightly toward the first woman. Her dark hair is tied up in a bun, and she wears a dark-colored dress. Beside the bed on the floor is a single, light-toned shoe with a heel. The background is painted in muted tones, with indistinct lines suggesting the texture of the walls, and there is a simple, rectangular shape on the wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color transfer lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 33 × 28.1 cm (13 × 11 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.2 × 36.1 cm (18 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3863

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 247, State iii/iii

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

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. "G. 64 "Les Instructions pur la journee"" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "G64III" lower left 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

Q64959493

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