a) Looking for the Enemy (recto); b) Sketch for Looking for the Enemy (verso), c. 1914/1919

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

overall: 32.6 x 50.3 cm (12 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.4084.a-b

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. "L'Ecole des Neutres. "C'est un Scandinave!" "Ah! je restire!"" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2343" lower right 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