La Borne - Verdun (The End - Verdun)
c. 1916
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint and etching on on laid Van Gelder paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 29.6 × 42.5 cm (11 5/8 × 16 3/4 in.)
plate: 33.7 × 44.2 cm (13 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.)
sheet: 47.5 × 60.8 cm (18 11/16 × 23 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.4037
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faxon 1982, no. 171, State iv/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
"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "4 etat" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "VERDUN / IIKI" center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "La borne (4e état) lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A26651" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "4 (HH203)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "61" upper left 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
[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZONEN"
Wikidata ID
Q64959556