-Qu'est-ce vous voulez? -Les "louis" de 1871

c. 1914/1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink and black crayon on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.5 x 57.5 cm (17 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4100


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. " -Qu'est-ce vous voulez? / -Les "louis" de 1871" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A 2276" 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

[Fortune figure] / "VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q64581488


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