Avocat parlant à sa cliente (Lawyer Talking to His Client)

1915

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

This is a drawing of a courtroom scene. It shows various individuals in a courtroom setting. A figure in a military uniform is on the left, overseeing proceedings. Adjacent to them, two individuals are in conversation, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat. In the center, a group of men seems to be discussing, with one figure appearing to listen intently. The background includes a seated audience, depicted with simple strokes and shading suggesting figures without detailed features. The artwork uses loose, expressive lines and shaded tones to convey the serious atmosphere and interactions in courtrooms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31 × 42.6 cm (12 3/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 46.7 × 62.8 cm (18 3/8 × 24 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3894

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 285

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

"10-40" forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Conseil Juridique" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "juridique" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q64959548

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