a) La fête nationale (The National Holiday) (recto); b) Woman Holding Child (verso)
1918
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
a) brush and brown and black ink over black crayon on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 37.5 x 53 cm (14 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.4058.a-b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1982
Reff 1982, 100.
Inscriptions
"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La Fête Nationale. "Oui acclame-t-on? Les Americains ...et les autres." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2299"[erased] lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64581441