L'avocat pourchassé (The Lawyer Pursued)
1915
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
stone: 42.8 × 31.5 cm (16 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
sheet: 52 × 35.1 cm (20 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3895
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 284
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 21 July 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. "8-40" lower right composition, graphite, artist's hand. "Avocat pourchassé" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 6081" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26687" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64959552