In the Reading Room

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows two men. One man is seated from the chest up, with his head resting on one hand, wearing a bowler hat, a mustache, a suit with a bow tie, and a flower in the lapel. The other man is standing from the waist up, leaning forward slightly, with a bald head and dressed in a suit jacket. There are no objects or jewelry in the image. The background has vertical shading lines suggesting an enclosed space, creating depth. The foreground depicts sketched lines of an indeterminate flat surface with some papers or documents.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink and colored crayon on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.4 x 35.5 cm (16 11/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3961


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q64581332

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