The End - Verdun
c. 1916
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint and etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 32.3 × 43.2 cm (12 11/16 × 17 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 43.3 × 58.3 cm (17 1/16 × 22 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.4018
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 171, State iii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
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
"3 eme etat. 6-11 / forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "MK 29080 / k. 7055[stricken]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown 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
Q64959555