Portrait d'Ambroise Vollard (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard)

c. 1910

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image is a sketch of a man shown from the waist up. He is seated and slightly turned towards his right side with his head inclined downwards. The man has a rounded face with a prominent forehead and a full beard. He appears to have balding hair with short hair around the sides. His attire is implied through shaded lines resembling a suit or formal wear. There are no visible accessories or held objects. The background is plain, matching the color of the sketching paper. The drawing style features loose, sketchy lines to depict the man's form and posture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.8 × 24.3 cm (10 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 50.7 × 33.6 cm (19 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3887

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 275

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. "G" lower right 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

Q64959535

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