a) Two Figures (recto); b) Man in Overcoat and Top Hat (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
The sketch includes two people with most of their bodies drawn in outline. One person on the left is shown from the side wearing a tall hat, while the other on the right is depicted in a three-quarter turn with upswept hair. The background is plain with a table or surface that seems to angle behind both figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) black crayon on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.3 x 22.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3962.a-b

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. "Forain Orig. drawing (HH988)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Wikidata ID

Q64581333

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