Le pas de l'oie - dans le sang, c. 1914/1919

Not on View

Medium

black crayon and brush and brown ink on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 36.5 x 52.5 cm (14 3/8 x 20 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.4062

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Le pas de l'oie - dans le sang" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Le peuple Allemand ne vit pas clairement, quand la guerre éclata, quelle signification elle aurait. Je le savais très exactement..." (Discours de Guillaume II) A 2302" lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius