Comme on fait son lit on se couche

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows the upper body of a man sitting and reading, with his gaze directed downward towards a large sheet of paper. He has a beard and curly hair, wearing a light-colored shirt and a dark vest. Next to him is a black top hat. The background features a sketched landscape resembling a distant cityscape with various building silhouettes, including a prominent spire, against a sky with streaked colors of brownish-red and light blue. The paper contains handwritten text at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink and red crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.6 x 27.3 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3947

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"f." lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "comme on fait son lit on se couche" lower left margin, black ink, artist's 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

Q64581315

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