a) La Borne, Verdun (recto); b) Wounded Soldier and First-Aid Man (verso)

c. 1916

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush with black and gray ink and black crayon over graphite on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.1 x 50.2 cm (12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4042.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. "LA BORNE" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A 2392" 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

Q64581422


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