a) L'examination en Douane (Customs Inspection) (recto); b) Seated Figure (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush and brown ink and graphite on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.3 x 45.6 cm (11 1/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4030.a-b


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "L'examination en Douane" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2294" 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

[Fortune figure]

Wikidata ID

Q64581409


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