Docteur, que dit-il?

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Medium

brush and black ink and watercolor with blue pencil additions on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 32.4 x 49 cm (12 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.3939

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. Not dated. "-Docteur, que dit-il? / Monsieur dit: "Des p'tit's femmes..., des p'tit's femmes"...." lower center composition, black ink, artist's hand. "(KK585)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius