Etude de femme assise (Study of a Seated Woman)

c. 1903

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image depicts a seated figure with a bowed head, featuring minimal facial details and simple hair. The person is wearing long, flowing clothing that extends from the shoulders to the feet. The background is plain with a creamy off-white color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    stone: 40.8 × 30.3 cm (16 1/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 54.6 × 42.7 cm (21 1/2 × 16 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3882

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 257, State i?/ii

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 left margin, in stone, artist's hand. "f" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "40-" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R8605" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "78I" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q64959526

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