Eventail (pour le bal Gavarni) (Fan (for the Gavarni Ball))

1903

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a sketch portraying two main figures, with a focus on their upper bodies. On the left, a woman is depicted from the back, slightly turned towards a man on the right. The woman has an updo hairstyle and is wearing a voluminous dress with puffed sleeves and a bodice. The man facing her has a beard and mustache, wearing a tall hat, suit, and waistcoat. In the background, there is a third, less detailed figure situated between the two main characters.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color transfer lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.6 × 49.8 cm (12 7/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3870

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 254

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 28 March 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, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "(HH337)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959506

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