a) Poilu and Nurse (recto); b) Sketch for the Poilu (verso)

c. 1914/1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) brush and brown and black ink on wove paper b) brush and brown ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.5 x 52.4 cm (14 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4054.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. "A 2292" 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

"[CH]APRON-COQUELIN-PARIS"

Wikidata ID

Q64581435


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